Synonyms of stiff-necked

stiff-necked

adjective

ˈstif-ˈnekt 

1

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

he was too stiff-necked to admit that "underlings" might have useful ideas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• haughty
• cavalier
• superior
• supercilious
• bumptious
• high-and-mighty
• uppity
• pompous
• high-handed
• domineering
• sniffy
• important
• pretentious
• dominant
• imperious
• uppish
• huffy
• chesty
• presumptuous
• assumptive
• lordly
• self-assertive
• proud
• high-hat
• smug
• masterful
• peremptory
• authoritarian
• overweening
• huffish
• impudent
• presuming
• bossy
• toplofty
• self-asserting
• highfalutin
• condescending
• patronizing
• dominating
• lofty
• snobbish
• snooty
• boastful
• magisterial
• cocky
• disdainful
• snobby
• conceited
• egocentric
• vainglorious
• pontifical
• narcissistic
• saucy
• swaggering
• hubristic
• impertinent
• egotistic
• vain
• complacent
• bombastic
• prideful
• uninhibited
• blustery
• self-centered
• egoistic
• blusterous
• self-satisfied
• self-conceited
• self-complacent
• stuck-up
• pontificating
• extroverted
• braggart
• brash
• self-pleased
• immodest
• unreserved
• self-affected
• braggy
• self-flattering
• self-loving
• bragging
• orgulous
• self-applauding
• self-promoting
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• lowly
• timid
• unpretentious
• subdued
• bashful
• sheepish
• introverted
• diffident
• shy
• shrinking
• passive
• meek
• demure
• mousy
• acquiescent
• deferential
• submissive
• compliant
• unassertive
• unarrogant
• unassuming
• unobtrusive
• unaggressive
• self-doubting
• self-critical
• yielding
• quiet
• cringing
• overmodest
• reserved
• cowering
• retiring

2

as in formal

marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details

her dinner parties are typically stiff-necked affairs, more to be endured than enjoyed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• formal
• correct
• stiff
• nice
• solemn
• decorous
• civil
• proper
• punctilious
• ceremonious
• polite
• starchy
• stilted
• polished
• chivalrous
• gallant
• sober
• refined
• stately
• courteous
• courtly
• genteel
• red-carpet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• informal
• easygoing
• casual
• improper
• unceremonious
• indecorous
• unmannerly
• laid-back
• discourteous
• rude
• impolite

3

as in stubborn

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

obviously uninterested in hearing any excuses, the stiff-necked officer handed me my speeding ticket with a flourish

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stiff-necked

But some Jews stubbornly refused to assimilate and continued the sometimes strange and stiff-necked traditions of our people. — TIME, 11 Dec. 2023