Thesaurus:obstinate

Thesaurus

obstinate

English

Adjective

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    [⇒ 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
• peremptory
• persistent
• pertinacious
• pigheaded
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• resolute
• resolved
• self-willed
• stalwart
• staunch
• steadfast
• steady    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stubborn
• stubborn as a mule
• tenacious
• terminal
• thran (Northern Ireland)
• thwart (dated)
• truculent
• unbending
• uncompromising
• unyielding
• vehement
• wilful
• willful

Antonyms

• compromising
• transigent
• flexible    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sycophantic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• yielding

Hyponyms

• hellbent
• indomitable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• iron-fisted
• iron-handed
• iron-willed
• monomaniacal
• perverse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• relentless    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tireless    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• hard    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• recidivist

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.