Synonyms of opinionated

opinionated

adjective

ə-ˈpin-yə-ˌnā-təd 

1

as in opinioned

given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions

those talk shows want opinionated pundits, not cautious, diffident debaters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• opinioned
• opinionative
• stubborn
• adamant
• dogmatic
• doctrinaire
• pontifical
• self-opinionated
• obstinate
• headstrong
• rigid
• mulish
• implacable
• pigheaded
• hardheaded
• unbending
• obdurate
• pertinacious
• adamantine
• self-willed
• inflexible
• unyielding
• perverse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undogmatic
• latitudinarian
• broadminded
• receptive
• open-minded
• open
• undoctrinaire

2

as in stubborn

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

an opinionated professor who often clashes with students who dare to disagree with him

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of opinionated

Grandma Bobby is well-read and well-traveled, glamorous and opinionated (speaking of usually-right old women), the old-school, no-nonsense daughter of a girl who walked out of a pogrom and emigrated to New York. —Literary Hub, 7 May 2026

In the 21st century, venues for opinionated public affairs content have proliferated in all forms of media, even those traditionally reserved for objective news. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026

Avoid opinionated arguments with family members today. —Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

Roher, who won an Oscar for best documentary feature for 2022’s Navalny, is opinionated—not just about the festival moving from Park City to Boulder, but on a whole host of topics. —John Ross, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026