Thesaurus:obstinate
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Sense: stubbornly adhering, with implied unreasonableness
[edit]Detail: Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
Synonyms
[edit]- adamant
- ardent
- bent on
- bloody-minded
- bullheaded
- certain [⇒ thesaurus]
- chronic
- confirmed
- determined
- diehard
- dogged
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- immovable
- incalcitrant
- inflexible
- irrefragable (obsolete)
- insistent
- intractable
- intransigent
- intrepid
- inveterate [⇒ thesaurus]
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- peevish [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- peremptory
- persistent
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- self-willed
- stalwart
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady [⇒ thesaurus]
- stubborn
- stubborn as a mule
- sullen [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- tenacious
- terminal
- thran (Northern Ireland)
- thwart (dated)
- tough
- truculent
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- vehement
- wilful
- willful
Antonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Various
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “606. obstinacy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “obstinate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.