Synonyms of implacable

implacable

adjective

1

as in stubborn

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

an implacable judge who knew in his bones that the cover-up extended to the highest levels of government

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in relentless

showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose

an implacable dedication to the proposition that everyone is entitled to a quality education

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relentless
• grim
• determined
• persistent
• unrelenting
• ruthless
• unyielding
• unflinching
• unappeasable
• dogged
• stubborn
• willful
• merciless
• tenacious
• hard
• obdurate
• wilful
• intractable
• pertinacious
• uncooperative
• mulish
• peevish
• opinionated
• headstrong
• unforgiving
• hardheaded
• perverse
• persevering
• pigheaded
• self-willed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• softening
• yielding
• weak
• impotent
• slack
• spineless
• slackening
• invertebrate
• complaisant
• pliable
• pliant
• obliging

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