Synonyms for stubborn
ˈstʌb ərnstub·born

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1. stubborn

   The headstrong person is not to be stopped in his own course of action, while the obstinate and stubborn is not to be driven to another's way. The headstrong act; the obstinate and stubborn may simply refuse to stir. The most amiable person may be obstinate on some one point; the stubborn person is for the most part habitually so; we speak of obstinate determination, stubborn resistance. Stubborn is the term most frequently applied to the lower animals and inanimate things. Refractory implies more activity of resistance; the stubborn horse balks; the refractory animal plunges, rears, and kicks; metals that resist ordinary processes of reduction are termed refractory. One is obdurate who adheres to his purpose in spite of appeals that would move any tender-hearted or right-minded person. Contumacious refers to a proud and insolent defiance of authority, as of the summons of a court. Pertinacious demand is contrasted with obstinate refusal. The unyielding conduct which we approve we call decided, firm, inflexible, resolute; that which we condemn we are apt to term headstrong, obstinate, stubborn. Compare PERVERSE.

   Synonyms:
   contumacious, decided, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, resolute, resolved, unconquerable, unflinching, unyielding

   Antonyms:
   amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, dutiful, gentle, irresolute, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, undecided, wavering, yielding

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1. stubborn

   Synonyms:
   tough, unbending, unyielding, hard, obstinate, intractable, obdurate, stiff, harsh, inflexible, headstrong, refractory, heady, contumacious, pig-headed

   Antonyms:
   docile, tractable, manageable, pliant, pliable, malleable, flexible

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1. stubborn, obstinate, unregenerateadjective

   tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

   Synonyms:
   unreformable, obstinate, wayward, cussed, obdurate, unrepentant, unregenerate, refractory, perverse, unregenerated, contrary

   Antonyms:
   meek, yielding, sheeplike, tractable, manipulable, docile, sheepish, tame

2. refractory, stubbornadjective

   not responding to treatment

   "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

   Synonyms:
   recalcitrant, fractious, refractory, obstinate, unregenerate

   Antonyms:
   manipulable, sheeplike, sheepish, docile, tractable, meek, yielding, tame

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1. adamant

   being fixed in a particular thing.

   harry is very adamant

   Submitted by V7 on January 10, 2021  

2. aquiclude

   person that is not easily believing or accepting something

   he didn't believe me when i said that i scored a goal because he's an aquiclude.

   Submitted by rinat on March 27, 2016  

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1. stubbornadjective

   Synonyms:
   obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, positive, contumacious, refractory, perverse, headstrong, cantankerous, wilful, dogged, mulish, unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable, intractable, indocile, heady, cross-grained, obdurate, stiff, pig-headed

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1. stubbornadjective

   Synonyms:
   unyielding, obstinate, obdurate, mulish, refractory, indocile, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, perverse, contumacious, impersuadable, recalcitrant, stiff-necked, rugged, persistent, incompliant

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1. List of paraphrases for "stubborn":

   obstinate, headstrong, tenacious, intransigent, diehard, hard-nosed, persistent, hard-headed, die-hard, dogged, willful, feisty, wayward

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1. Nelson Chamisa:

   This is a significant and fantastic for what is possible for the future of Africa. Zambia is an inspiration to stubborn laggards in democracy. Strong institutions are key for effective power transfer and smooth transitions.

2. Joel Brodsky:

   Facts are a stubborn thing.

3. Gerard Mullin:

   But the hottest use of fermented foods is to burn stubborn fat.

4. Bruce Miller:

   We want to show what a hero really looks like - someone who is stubborn. They get knocked down; they get bruised, and they pick themselves up and try again.

5. Craig Grossi:

   That’s where Fred came in. Coming home to him every day and his stubborn positivity, it’s not a nave, just smile through whatever you’ve got going on, kind of approach; it’s the opposite. It’s recognizing that there are circumstances in your life that are within your control and ones that aren’t. It’s allowing yourself to focus only on the things you can control.