Obstinate Synonyms and Antonyms

ŏbstə-nĭt
Tenaciously unwilling to yield
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. stubborn
  2. headstrong
  3. mulish
  4. dogged
  5. pigheaded
  6. pertinacious
  7. obdurate
  8. bullheaded
  9. perverse
  10. intractable
  11. recalcitrant
  12. tenacious
  13. willful
  14. contumacious
  15. firm
  16. cantankerous
  17. contrary
  18. determined
  19. inflexible
  20. opinionated
  21. refractory
  22. dogmatic
  23. stiff-necked
  24. unbending
  25. unyielding
  26. unrepentant
  27. strong-minded
  28. opinionative
  29. contradictory
  30. positive
  31. unimpressible
  32. convinced
  33. resolved
  34. indomitable
  35. adamant
  36. hardheaded
  37. crotchety
  38. self-willed
  39. bulky
  40. unamenable
  41. unalterable
  42. unconquerable
  43. restive
  44. unflinching
  45. immovable
  46. crotched
  47. decided
  48. heady
  49. unmanageable
  50. bull-headed
  51. plucky
  52. sulky
  53. cussed
  54. case-hardened
  55. fixed
  56. incompliant
  57. callous
  58. hard
  59. hardened
  60. relentless
  61. muleheaded
  62. unrelenting
  63. resistant
  64. repulsive
  65. unwavering
  66. prejudiced
  67. persistent
  68. biased
  69. bigoted
  70. unreasonable
  71. unreasoning
  72. pervicacious
  73. hellbent
  74. die-hard
  75. set-in-one-s-ways
  76. staunch
  77. steadfast
  78. sullen
  79. tough
  80. unpliable
  81. unruly
  82. untoward
  83. unregenerate
Antonyms:
  1. docile
  2. submissive
  3. amenable
Not submitting to discipline or control
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. disorderly
  2. fractious
  3. indocile
  4. intractable
  5. lawless
  6. obstreperous
  7. recalcitrant
  8. refractory
  9. contrary
  10. uncontrollable
  11. undisciplined
  12. ungovernable
  13. unmanageable
  14. unruly
  15. untoward
  16. wild
  17. perverse
  18. wayward
Antonyms:
  1. amenable
  2. compliant
  3. obedient
  4. submissive
  5. tractable
  6. yielding
  7. willing
  8. helpful
  9. cooperative
  10. flexible
  11. agreeable
Difficult to alleviate or cure
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. persistent
  2. pertinacious
  3. stubborn
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. adamancy
  2. asininity
  3. contumely
  4. inveteracy
  5. obstinacy
  6. persistence
  7. pertinacity
  8. pervicaciousness
  9. stubbornness
  10. tenacity

Words Related to Obstinate

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Obstinate Sentence Examples

  • He was incapable, obstinate and perfectly selfish.

  • His obstinate resistance came to an end.

  • He showed an obstinate refusal to admit that things were bad.

  • William, however, was too proud and too obstinate to lend himself to such a course.

  • Kiera's mate hadn't counted on an obstinate bride.

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