self-willed
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Definition of self-willed
: governed by one's own will : not yielding to the wishes of others : obstinate
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Synonyms
adamant, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms
acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding
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self-willed
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English Language Learners Definition of self-willed
: determined to do what you want even though other people may not want you to do it
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