Thesaurus:obstinate
THESAURUS | obstinate |
English
Sense: stubbornly adhering, with implied unreasonableness
Detail: Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
Synonyms
- adamant
- ardent
- bent on
- bloody-minded
- bullheaded
- certain [WS]
- chronic
- confirmed
- determined
- diehard
- dogged
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- immovable
- incalcitrant
- inflexible
- insistent
- intractable
- intransigent
- intrepid
- inveterate [WS]
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- peremptory
- persistent
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- resolved
- self-willed
- stalwart
- staunch
- steadfast
- stubborn
- stubborn as a mule
- tenacious
- terminal
- thwart (dated)
- truculent
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- vehement
- wilful
Antonyms
- flexible [WS]
- sycophantic [WS]
Hyponyms
- hellbent
- indomitable [WS]
- monomania
- perverse [WS]
- relentless [WS]
- tireless [WS]
Hypernyms
- hard [WS]
See also
- Thesaurus:contrary
- Thesaurus:obstinacy
- Thesaurus:persist
Further reading
- “606. obstinacy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “obstinate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.