Synonyms for Stubborn

Synonyms for "stubborn" (264 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Adjective(5 words)

obstinate balkiest bolshie crotchetydefiant posture

adamant adamantine adherent adhesive assiduous balking balky bigoted bulldogged bulldoggish bulldoggy bulletheaded bullheaded cantankerous cartilaginouscase hardenedcase-hardened chewy clingy cohesive

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constant continuing contumacious coriaceous deaf defiant determined difficult diligent doctrinaire dogged dogmatic dour durable enduring faithful fanatic fanatical fibrous firm fixed fundamentalist

Adjective(4 words)

adamant contrary disobedient enduring

Noun(2 words)

diehard flinthead

Strong matches (79)

gluey glutinous grim gristly gummy hard hardheaded hardy headstrong hidebound immovable immutable impliable inalterable incorrigible indefatigable indomitable inductile industrious inelastic

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Adjective(8 words)

hard groundignorantinflexible attitudeinsensitive intransigentnonshapable materialobdurate ornerier

Adjective(5 words)

headstrong insubordinate obdurate obstinate perseverant

Noun(5 words)

holdout intransigents ironsidemore uncooperativenot cooperative

Related words (132)

Adjective(7 words)

persistent perverse rebellious undisciplined unyielding wayward willful

persisting pertinacious perverse pigheaded plodding plugging positive preoccupied procrustean purist puristic puritan puritanic puritanical rapt rebellious recalcitrant refractory relentless resistant

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Adjective(15 words)

peskiest refractory resistant resistiverigid systemrigid taskstenaciousuncooperative groupunguidable unmovable unregenerate unrepentant unyielding wilful willful

Noun(4 words)

reform resistantrefusing resistingunmovable position

Related word relations

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

7 relation types

More general

6 entries

challenge characteristic difficulty disposition issuepersonality trait

More specific

6 entries

adamant intractable mulish pigheaded unmanageable unresolvable

Collocations

6 entries

stubborn adherencestubborn attitudestubborn problemstubborn resistancestubborn stainstubborn streak

Inflections

2 entries

more stubbornmost stubborn

Derivations

2 entries

stubbornly stubbornness

Antonyms

1 entries

docile

similar

26 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

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your argument is not any more convincing than that of my stubborn father.

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I thought our boss was stubborn as a mule but actually he has his cute side.

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The more stubborn you are, the more isolated you become.

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If it becomes stubborn indeed it stands alone.

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Stubborn