Synonyms of bullheaded

bullheaded

adjective

ˈbu̇l-ˈhe-dəd 

as in stubborn

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

a bullheaded government official who refused to bend the rules even just a little bit

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bullheaded

Christiane Zehl Romero, her chief biographer, noted that the bullheaded Bertolt Brecht had benefitted from Seghers’s protective maneuvers, as did rebellious younger writers such as Heiner Müller and Christa Wolf. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

These heights arrive at the crux of the breakless two-hour play, after Oedipus (Strong) has been engaged in his bullheaded pursuit of the truth for some time. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025