Synonyms for hard-nosed
ˈhɑrdˌnoʊzdhard-nosed

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1. hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmaticadjective

   guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

   "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

   Synonyms:
   practical(a), pragmatical, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mulish, virtual(a), pragmatic, practical

   Antonyms:
   unrealistic

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1. List of paraphrases for "hard-nosed":

   stubborn

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1. Hank Aaron:

   Frank Robinson and I were more than baseball buddies. We were friends, frank Robinson was a hard nosed baseball player who did things on the field that people said could never be done.

2. President Barack Obama:

   Precisely because the stakes are so high, this is not the time for politics, tough talk from Washington does not solve problems. Hard nosed diplomacy, leadership that has united the world's major powers, offers a more effective way of verifying Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon.

3. Ernest Moniz:

   This is not built upon trust, this is built upon hard-nosed requirements.

4. Ryan Dzingel:

   We’re trying to keep things low scoring. I think when you have two teams that are very similar, the way they want to play and the way we want to play clashes sometimes. I think we’re both very similar teams trying to get get pucks deep and get our D involved, hard-nosed and simple, so I think it was just one of those weird ones that turned out that way.

5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:

   I knew it would happen, i knew we ’d get better every game, or try to. The group of guys are hard-nosed guys, competitive guys. At the end of the day, we just want to win.