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Synonyms for stubborn
ˈstʌb ərnstub·born
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unyieldingAntonyms:
amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, dutiful, gentle, irresolute, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, undecided, wavering, yielding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
stubborn
Synonyms:
tough, unbending, unyielding, hard, obstinate, intractable, obdurate, stiff, harsh, inflexible, headstrong, refractory, heady, contumacious, pig-headedAntonyms:
docile, tractable, manageable, pliant, pliable, malleable, flexible
Princeton's WordNet
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerateadjective
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Synonyms:
unreformable, obstinate, wayward, cussed, obdurate, unrepentant, unregenerate, refractory, perverse, unregenerated, contraryAntonyms:
meek, yielding, sheeplike, tractable, manipulable, docile, sheepish, tamerefractory, stubbornadjective
not responding to treatment
"a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"
Synonyms:
recalcitrant, fractious, refractory, obstinate, unregenerateAntonyms:
manipulable, sheeplike, sheepish, docile, tractable, meek, yielding, tame
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
stubbornadjective
Synonyms:
unyielding, obstinate, obdurate, mulish, refractory, indocile, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, perverse, contumacious, impersuadable, recalcitrant, stiff-necked, rugged, persistent, incompliant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "stubborn":
obstinate, headstrong, tenacious, intransigent, diehard, hard-nosed, persistent, hard-headed, die-hard, dogged, willful, feisty, wayward
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#596 | hard | |
#1672 | fixed | |
#1854 | firm | |
#2328 | determined | |
#2414 | decided | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5955 | resolved | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#9645 | persistent | |
#11437 | harsh | |
#12588 | stiff | |
#16946 | tenacious | |
#24054 | stubborn | |
#27763 | refractory | |
#29981 | willful | |
#31554 | perverse | |
#33621 | wayward | |
#42074 | inflexible | |
#42291 | opinionated | |
#42813 | heady | |
#42831 | intractable | |
#43680 | resolute | |
#45589 | feisty | |
#49224 | immovable | |
#50489 | dogged | |
#56401 | diehard | |
#66176 | obstinate | |
#66995 | headstrong | |
#70249 | recalcitrant | |
#72731 | indomitable | |
#73479 | unrepentant | |
#75067 | cussed | |
#77339 | unflinching | |
#77553 | unyielding | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#134215 | intransigent | |
#139798 | unconquerable | |
#151198 | unbending | |
#164509 | obdurate | |
#169992 | unregenerate | |
#282433 | contumacious |
How to use stubborn in a sentence?
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.
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.
Businesses are out of pandemic survival mode and eager to expand, invest, and hire, this has accelerated a return to the severe labor shortages seen before the pandemic — now exacerbated by the virus's stubborn persistence, which has kept many workers unable or reluctant to reenter the workforce.
There remains this stubborn unwillingness to look beyond the big-dollar and take something less flashy until you can find that higher-paying job.
If we don't lead, future generations will not forgive us, they will want to know how we together could possibly have been so blind, so ideological, so dysfunctional and, frankly, so stubborn.
Translations for stubborn
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- عنيدArabic
- ўпа́ртыBelarusian
- инатBulgarian
- tossutCatalan, Valencian
- tvrdohlavý, neústupnýCzech
- stædigDanish
- dickköpfig, sturGerman
- πεισματάρηςGreek
- obstinaEsperanto
- terco, testarudo, obstinado, cabezadura, cabezota, porfiadoSpanish
- کله شق, سمجPersian
- itsepäinenFinnish
- entêtée, borné, bornée, têtue, entêté, têtuFrench
- ceanndána, stalcachIrish
- rag, rag-mhuinealachScottish Gaelic
- עקשןHebrew
- अक्खड़, ज़िद्दी, हठीHindi
- makacs, konokHungarian
- համառArmenian
- keras kepalaIndonesian
- ostinata, testarda, testardo, ostinatoItalian
- עַקשָׁןHebrew
- 頑固Japanese
- ჯიუტიGeorgian
- 고집센Korean
- pertinaxLatin
- сво́еглав, твр́доглав, у́поренMacedonian
- hardnekkig, koppigDutch
- vrangvillig, staNorwegian
- upartyPolish
- ځيلی, خریPashto, Pushto
- cabeça-dura, teimosoPortuguese
- неусту́пчивый, упо́рный, насто́йчивый, упря́мый, упёртыйRussian
- tvrdoglav, тврдоглавSerbo-Croatian
- zarytý, zaťatý, tvrdošijný, neoblomný, úporný, tvrdohlavýSlovak
- trmast, trdoglavSlovene
- hardnackad, envisSwedish
- mkaidiSwahili
- మొండిTelugu
- впе́ртийUkrainian
- ہٹھیUrdu
- bướng bỉnhVietnamese
- bukêye, macté, tiestou, tiestowe, buké, mactêyeWalloon
- 倔强Chinese
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