obstinate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

persist stubbornly

Synonyms

• obstinate

More generic

• hang in
• hang on
• hold on
• persevere
• persist

Adjective

resistant to guidance or discipline

Synonyms

• contrary
• obstinate
• perverse
• wayward

Related

• disobedient

Adjective

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Synonyms

• cussed
• obdurate
• obstinate
• unrepentant

Related

• unregenerate
• unregenerated

Adjective

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

Synonyms

• obstinate
• stubborn
• unregenerate

Related

• bloody-minded
• bolshy
• bullet-headed
• bullheaded
• cantankerous
• contrarious
• cross-grained
• determined
• dogged
• dour
• hardheaded
• mulish
• persistent
• pertinacious
• pigheaded
• stiff-necked
• strong-minded
• strong-willed
• stroppy
• tenacious
• unyielding

Also See

• disobedient
• inflexible
• intractable
• sturdy
• uncompromising

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