Synonyms for Obstinate

Synonyms for "obstinate" (395 found)

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Closest matches (79)

Adjective(6 words)

stubborn adamant bolshie contrary crotchety cussed

adamant adherent adhesive adversary adversative adverse alien antagonistic anti antipathetic antithetic antithetical assiduous balking balky beefy bigoted bloody-minded bouncing bound

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Adjective(10 words)

adamant ardentbent onbullheaded certain chronic confirmed determined diehard dogged

Noun(2 words)

bonxie doggoning

Strong matches (119)

dogmatic doughty dour earnest enduring enemy faithful fanatic fanatical firm fixed forceful forcible forcy fractious frowardfull bloodedfull-blooded full-strength fundamentalist

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Noun(4 words)

flintheadmore uncooperativemost uncooperativenoncompliant installation

Adjective(16 words)

hard-hearted hard-nosed hardheaded headstrong immovable incalcitrant inflexible insistent intractable intransigent intrepid inveterate irrefragable mulish obdurate obstreperous

Adjective(12 words)

ignorant impenitent incorrigible indocileinflexible attitudeintractable intransigent mulish nonabsorbent obdurate orneriest ornery

Related words (197)

orthodox overthwart overzealous patientpatient as jobpermanent perseverant persevering persistent persisting pertinacious perverse pigheaded plodding plugging positive potent powerful preoccupied procrustean

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puissant purist puristic puritan puritanic puritanical purposeful rapt rebellious recalcitrant recusantred bloodedred-blooded refractory relentless renitent repugnant resistant resolute resolved restive rigid rigorist rigoristic rigorous rival robust robustious rockbound rugged sedulous self-adhesive self-willed serious set sinceresingle mindedsingle-minded sleepless slogging sot stable stalwart staunch steadfast steady steely stickable sticky stiffstiff neckedstiff-necked stony stout straightlaced straitlaced strapping strongstrong as brandystrong as strongstrong willedstrong-willed strongheaded stubborn sturdy sulky sullen tacky tenacious tireless tough transgressive unabating unamenable unbending unchangeable uncomplying uncompromising unconquerable uncooperative undaunted undisciplined undiscouraged undrooping unduteous undutiful unfailing unfaltering unfavorable unflagging unflinching unfriendly unimpressionable uninfluenceable unintermitting uninterrupted unmovable unmoving unnodding unpersuadable unpliable unpliant unpropitious unreceptive unregenerate unrelaxing unrelenting unremitting unresponsive unsleeping unsubmissive unsuggestible unsusceptible unswayable unswerving untiring unwavering unwearied unwearying unwinking unyieldingutterly attentivevigorous violative viscid wayward weariless wholehearted willful withstanding wrongheaded

Adjective(13 words)

parental noncompliancepersistent perverserigid systemstubborner stubbornest tenacioustherapy resistanttreatment resistantunregenerate unrepentant unyielding wayward

Adjective(30 words)

peevish peremptory persistent pertinacious pigheaded recalcitrant refractory resolute resolved rigid self-willed stalwart staunch steadfast steady stubbornstubborn as a mulesullen tenacious terminal

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thran thwart tough truculent unbending uncompromising unyielding vehement wilful willful

Noun(3 words)

reform resistantunmovable positionwillful disobedience

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

adjectivehang inhang onhold onpersevere persistqualitative adjective

More specific

9 entries

adamantdrug resistanthardheaded intractable intransigent mulish pigheadedtherapy resistantwillful

Collocations

5 entries

obstinate problemobstinate refusalobstinate resistanceobstinate stainobstinate stance

Inflections

2 entries

more obstinatemost obstinate

Derivations

3 entries

obstinacy obstinately obstinateness

similar

28 entries

bloody-minded bolshy bullet-headed bullheaded cantankerous contrarious cross-grained determined disobedient dogged dour hardheaded inflexible intractable mulish persistent

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Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You should reckon with his obstinate character.

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He was too obstinate, but on the other hand he was reliable.

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He became more obstinate as he grew older.

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He is the most obstinate child I have ever seen.

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Obstinate