Thesaurus
headstrong
Synonyms and Antonyms of headstrong
- a headstrong child who likes to test the limits of his parentsʼ patience
- the tenants of the building remain headstrong in their determination not to be evicted by the developer
adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed, hardened, hardheaded, 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
Synonym Discussion of headstrong
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- unruly children
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- ungovernable rage
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- intractable opponents of the hazardous-waste dump
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- special schools for refractory children
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- acts of sabotage by a recalcitrant populace
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- a willful disregard for the rights of others
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- a headstrong young cavalry officer
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