What is another word for hard-nosed?
339 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ hˈɑːdnˈə͡ʊzd], [ hˈɑːdnˈəʊzd], [ h_ˈɑː_d_n_ˈəʊ_z_d]Table of Contents
Similar words for hard-nosed:- adamant (adjective)
- contemptuous (adjective)
- dogged (adjective)
- hard-boiled (adjective)
- hard-line (adjective)
- hard-nosed (adjective)
- hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
- hardheaded (adjective)
- harsh (adjective)
- headstrong (adjective)
- immovable (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- obdurate (adjective)
- obstinate (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- perverse (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- stern (adjective)
- stringent (adjective)
- strong (adjective)
- tough (adjective)
- unyielding (adjective)
- hard-nosed (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- stubborn (noun)
Synonyms for Hard-nosed:
adj.
•adamant (adjective)- relentless,
- firm,
- stiff,
- unshakable,
- standing pat,
- determined,
- rigid,
- pat,
- insistent,
- unbendable,
- set,
- hanging tough,
- inexorable,
- fixed,
- unbending,
- unrelenting,
- intransigent.
- cool,
- temperamental,
- supercilious,
- snotty,
- snooty,
- bold,
- opprobrious,
- cheeky,
- cavalier,
- scornful,
- upstage,
- disrespectful,
- condescending,
- disdainful,
- uppity,
- cold-shoulder,
- on high horse,
- coldshoulder,
- high hat,
- snootiest,
- audacious,
- snippy,
- dog it,
- derisive,
- haughty,
- sneering,
- contumelious,
- insulting,
- sardonic,
- high and mighty,
- snobbish,
- derisory.
- inflexible,
- stubborn as a mule,
- obstinate,
- bullheaded,
- pigheaded,
- uncompromising,
- mulish,
- no-nonsense.
- stand pat,
- pertinacious,
- resolute,
- intractable,
- sober,
- rational,
- willful,
- astute,
- shrewd,
- levelheaded,
- sensible,
- tough-nut.
- more unsentimental,
- un sentimental,
- most unsentimental,
- un-sentimental,
- level headed,
- most hardheaded.
- cruel,
- dour,
- comfortless,
- grim,
- Hard-shell,
- ruthless,
- austere,
- unpleasant,
- bitter,
- severe,
- cussed,
- ungracious,
- brutal,
- pitiless,
- sharp,
- wicked,
- gruff,
- unkind,
- uncivil,
- discourteous,
- punitive,
- rude.
- heedless,
- impulsive,
- imprudent,
- rash,
- ungovernable,
- uncontrollable,
- unruly,
- reckless,
- Pig-headed,
- froward,
- refractory,
- foolhardy,
- murder,
- contrary.
- immobile,
- secure,
- stable,
- stuck,
- quiescent,
- unalterable,
- dug in,
- stationary,
- fast,
- unchangeable,
- solid,
- constant,
- motionless,
- rooted,
- unwavering,
- immutable.
- lowdown and dirty,
- the lowest,
- toucher,
- snide,
- low-down and dirty,
- low-down dirty,
- liverish,
- ornery.
- more hard hearted,
- thickskinned,
- more stiff-necked,
- more stiff necked,
- most stiff necked,
- most hard-hearted,
- un-impressible,
- un sympathetic,
- most indurate,
- un emotional,
- most bullhead,
- more stiffnecked,
- most stiffnecked,
- most hard hearted,
- thick skinned,
- un compassionate,
- most unimpressible,
- stiffnecked,
- un-emotional,
- more indurate,
- stiff necked,
- more unimpressible,
- hard hearted,
- un-cooperative,
- most stiff-necked,
- un-compassionate,
- tough nut crack,
- more hard-hearted,
- more bullhead,
- un impressible,
- un cooperative.
- strong-minded,
- head-strong,
- stiff-necked,
- hard shell,
- strong,
- steadfast,
- stringent,
- hard,
- headstrong,
- Immalleable,
- stick to guns,
- tough-minded,
- ruffianly,
- staunch,
- hard-boiled,
- unmodifiable,
- immovable,
- tough nut to crack,
- mule,
- set in stone,
- locked in,
- self-willed,
- Impliable,
- hard-shelled,
- harsh,
- perverse,
- unsentimental,
- contemptuous,
- dogged,
- unforgiving,
- hard-nosed,
- Unswayable,
- brick wall,
- Hard-hearted,
- Unimpressible,
- hard as nails,
- Iron-fisted,
- Perseverant,
- hard-line,
- stern,
- ironfisted,
- tough nut,
- obdurate,
- dead set on,
- stubborn,
- perseverative,
- by numbers,
- hardnosed,
- bullhead,
- mean,
- hang-tough,
- hardheaded,
- tough,
- immotile,
- brick-wall,
- locked-in,
- steely,
- singleminded,
- by the book,
- set in concrete,
- hardbitten,
- unyielding,
- unpermissive,
- hardboiled.
- dis obedient,
- un-healthiest,
- un healthy,
- un reasonable,
- de generate,
- de-generate,
- dis-obedient,
- un healthier,
- un manageable,
- un-healthy,
- un-manageable,
- un-reasonable,
- un healthiest.
- dyed in the wool,
- most hang-tough,
- more hangtough,
- most hang tough,
- steelier,
- by book,
- hangtough,
- more hang tough,
- more mortified,
- most hangtough,
- most mortified,
- steeliest,
- more hang-tough.
- more brickwall,
- iron fisted,
- most ironfisted,
- more unpermissive,
- un permissive,
- more confining,
- most iron-fisted,
- un-permissive,
- more iron-fisted,
- most brickwall,
- most iron fisted,
- brickwall,
- ex-acting,
- most confining,
- ex acting,
- most drawing,
- most unpermissive,
- most brick-wall,
- more brick wall,
- more drawing,
- more iron fisted,
- more ironfisted,
- most brick wall,
- more brick-wall.
n.
•hard-nosed (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun) •stubborn (noun)
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Adjective
headstrong, stubborn.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Hard-nosed:
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adj.
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adamant
pliant, yielding, flexible, submissive.
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dogged
irresolute, indifferent, undetermined.
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hard-nosed
sentimental.
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hard-nosed/hardheaded
laid-back, easy-going, easy, merciful.
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Other antonyms:
compliant, manageable, willing, tractable, agreeable, receptive, responsive, temperate, complying, amenable, unrealistic, acquiescent, accepting, governable, placable, subservient, reasonable, slavish, pliable, persuadable.
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adamant