Synonyms of hard-nosed

hard-nosed

adjective

ˈhärd-ˈnōzd 

as in stubborn

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

the team's hard-nosed coach doesn't make exceptions for anybody

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of hard-nosed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By the time this hard-nosed genre exercises arrives at its ambivalent final scene, whether or not the criminals get away with stealing a few million Krone feels all but irrelevant to a world in which real fulfillment is so hard to keep. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024

The shadow of Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 drug war epic, Traffic, hangs heavily over all the narcs, cartel members, native gangsters and fentanyl addicts populating director John Swab’s hard-nosed thriller, King Ivory. —Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024

The new episodes devote ample screen time to Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), a hard-nosed French marketing executive who's the boss of fanciful American expat Emily (Lily Collins). —Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024

Meanwhile, Zaslav’s famously hard-nosed approach to negotiations has alienated important contributors to WBD’s cash flow: advertisers, sports leagues, Hollywood talent and even some of the journalists who work for CNN. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024