Thesaurus
dogged
Synonyms and Antonyms of dogged
1
continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
assured, certain, dedicated, determined, firm, hell-bent, intent, positive, resolute, resolved, single-minded, sure
adamant, bullheaded, dogged, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, indurate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unregenerate, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
resistant, wayward, wrongheaded
constant, devoted, faithful, good, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true
hard, inflexible, relentless, stern, unbending, unflinching, unrelenting
2
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, hard, hard-nosed, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
determined, hell-bent, inexorable, persistent, relentless, resolved, set, single-minded, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, unflinching
firm, hard-line, hard-shell (or hard-shelled), iron, severe, stern, strict
hidebound, narrow-minded, rigid
bloody-minded [chiefly British], cantankerous
contumacious, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly
indomitable, invincible, unconquerable
deaf to reason
3
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
Synonym Discussion of dogged
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- an obstinate proponent of conspiracy theories
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- pursued the story with dogged perseverance
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- a person too stubborn to admit error
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- a pertinacious salesclerk refusing to take no for an answer
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- a mulish determination to have his own way
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