Synonyms of opinionated

opinionated

adjective

ə-ˈpin-yə-ˌnā-təd 

1

as in stubborn

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

• stubborn
• opinioned
• opinionative
• adamant
• dogmatic
• dogmatical
• 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 adamant

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
• wilful
• hardheaded
• willful
• uncompromising
• implacable
• inflexible
• unbending
• obdurate
• pigheaded
• mulish
• pertinacious
• unyielding
• self-opinionated
• immovable
• ossified
• unrelenting
• determined
• hard-nosed
• dogged
• hard
• pat
• strict
• self-willed
• adamantine
• persistent
• perverse
• stiff-necked
• relentless
• inconvincible
• tenacious
• stern
• cantankerous
• unflinching
• iron
• defiant
• resolved
• rigid
• narrow-minded
• 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
• hard-shelled
• 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

Examples of opinionated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In contrast, statements of opinion, such as claiming that another person is mean or obnoxious, is subjective and opinionated commentary and not defamation. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 July 2024

The media was heavily involved and many people were very opinionated on the matter. —Samuel Ford Stark, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024

An opinionated misfit exposes the personal lives of his sister and new neighbors in a weekly column. —Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 May 2024

Google’s message board debate reflects long-simmering tension between Google’s opinionated employees and executives trying to tame the company’s sometimes freewheeling culture. —Nico Grant, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024