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
• hardened
• obstinate
• intransigent
• hardheaded
• headstrong
• opinionated
• pigheaded
• mulish
• willful
• unbending
• obdurate
• implacable
• uncompromising
• unyielding
• unrelenting
• obsessive
• inflexible
• dogged
• immovable
• ossified
• pertinacious
• pat
• hard
• adamantine
• determined
• hard-nosed
• persistent
• self-willed
• perverse
• strict
• stiff-necked
• relentless
• self-opinionated
• inconvincible
• deaf to reason
• iron
• wrongheaded
• tenacious
• resolved
• stern
• defiant
• rigid
• wayward
• unflinching
• cantankerous
• hard-line
• hidebound
• inexorable
• severe
• single-minded
• narrow-minded
• recalcitrant
• uncooperative
• intractable
• insubordinate
• anal-retentive
• disobedient
• contumacious
• bloody-minded
• indomitable
• stouthearted
• firm
• unmanageable
• mutinous
• refractory
• 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

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