Synonyms of anal-retentive

anal-retentive

adjective

as in stubborn

extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise

My anal-retentive brother keeps records of everything that happens in his life.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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