Synonyms of opinionated

opinionated

adjective

ə-ˈpin-yə-ˌnā-təd 

1

as in opinioned

given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions

those talk shows want opinionated pundits, not cautious, diffident debaters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• opinioned
• opinionative
• stubborn
• adamant
• dogmatic
• doctrinaire
• pontifical
• self-opinionated
• obstinate
• headstrong
• rigid
• mulish
• implacable
• pigheaded
• hardheaded
• unbending
• obdurate
• pertinacious
• adamantine
• self-willed
• inflexible
• unyielding
• perverse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undogmatic
• latitudinarian
• broadminded
• receptive
• open-minded
• open
• undoctrinaire

2

as in stubborn

sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

an opinionated professor who often clashes with students who dare to disagree with him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stubborn
• adamant
• steadfast
• headstrong
• hardened
• obstinate
• bullheaded
• intransigent
• obsessive
• hardheaded
• willful
• uncompromising
• implacable
• inflexible
• unbending
• obdurate
• pigheaded
• mulish
• pertinacious
• unyielding
• self-opinionated
• immovable
• ossified
• unrelenting
• hard-nosed
• dogged
• pat
• determined
• self-willed
• adamantine
• hard
• perverse
• persistent
• strict
• stiff-necked
• inconvincible
• relentless
• tenacious
• stern
• cantankerous
• unflinching
• iron
• narrow-minded
• resolved
• defiant
• deaf to reason
• wrongheaded
• rigid
• wayward
• severe
• single-minded
• hard-line
• hidebound
• inexorable
• uncooperative
• unruly
• anal-retentive
• intractable
• contumacious
• stouthearted
• disobedient
• mutinous
• indomitable
• unmanageable
• recalcitrant
• hard-shell
• cussed
• firm
• insubordinate
• contrary
• bloody-minded
• refractory
• confirmed
• inveterate
• ungovernable
• invincible
• demanding
• set
• insurgent
• froward
• hell-bent
• unconquerable
• exacting
• unregenerate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flexible
• agreeable
• compliant
• pliable
• acquiescent
• amenable
• docile
• pliant
• submissive
• obedient
• responsive
• tractable
• complying
• receptive
• yielding
• willing
• accepting
• reasonable
• manageable
• placable
• temperate
• persuadable
• relenting
• subservient
• slavish
• governable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of opinionated

This proprietary database ensures the platform offers genuine, opinionated, and high-taste recommendations rather than regurgitating generic information. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026

Very opinionated and articulate, and seems more interested in the idea behind the idea, rather than the actual idea itself. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

From his opinionated, passionate, and substantiated take, readers can form, centaur-like, their own AI perspectives. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

Those walks often include his beloved family cockapoo Benson, though Bailey admits his longtime companion has become a bit more opinionated with age. — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026