adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, determined, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, locked in*, mulish*, obdurate, opinionated, opinionative, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, self-willed, steadfast, strong-minded, tenacious, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful
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Roget's New Millenniumâ„¢ Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This Main Entry: obstinate Part of Speech:adjective Definition: stubborn Synonyms:adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, determined, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, locked in*, mulish*, obdurate, opinionated, opinionative, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pig-headed, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, self-willed, steadfast, strong-minded, tenacious, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful Antonyms:amenable, compliant Source: Roget's New Millenniumâ„¢ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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* = informal or slang
Synonyms for obstinate are: dogged, stubborn*apex* <<<, pertinacious, mulish.
My dog was very obstinate to go back home.
Obstinate means firmly sticking to a purpose or opinion; refusing to be swayed by any argument.An example of the word 'obstinate' in a sentence:'The young child was refusing to get out of bed and get prepared for school despite her mother's repeated urges, displaying very obstinate and naughty behaviour.'People who are obstinate are STUBBORN.
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I like to be obstinate
He is so obstinate about his ideas. We are not that much Obstinate.
She was as obstinate as a mule and refused to change her mind.
Obstinate, as in stubborn: She was obstinate about her political position, and would not change her opinion very easily.
adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding
My dog was very obstinate to go back home.
We asked Lilly to do her homework. But, she was obstinate and argued saying, "No!"
His obstinate attitude led to the failure of his marriage.
Obstinate means firmly sticking to a purpose or opinion; refusing to be swayed by any argument.An example of the word 'obstinate' in a sentence:'The young child was refusing to get out of bed and get prepared for school despite her mother's repeated urges, displaying very obstinate and naughty behaviour.'People who are obstinate are STUBBORN.
There are several words that can be used as another word for headstrong. One of the best synonyms that can be used for headstrong would be obstinate. Others include ungovernable, bullheaded and stubborn.
The syllable "stinate" in "obstinate" is the most strongly accented.