339 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ hˈɑːdnˈə͡ʊzd], [ hˈɑːdnˈə‍ʊzd], [ h_ˈɑː_d_n_ˈəʊ_z_d]

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)

Paraphrases for hard-nosed

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.
  • contemptuous (adjective)
  • 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.
  • dogged (adjective)
  • indefatigable,
  • persevering,
  • unflagging,
  • steady,
  • single-minded,
  • adamant,
  • tenacious.
  • hard-boiled (adjective)
  • rough,
  • unfeeling,
  • callous,
  • strict.
  • hard-line (adjective)
  • hardline,
  • militant,
  • hard core,
  • hard-core,
  • Ungiving,
  • hardcore,
  • hard line.
  • hard-nosed (adjective)
  • inflexible,
  • stubborn as a mule,
  • obstinate,
  • bullheaded,
  • pigheaded,
  • uncompromising,
  • mulish,
  • no-nonsense.
  • hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
  • stand pat,
  • pertinacious,
  • resolute,
  • intractable,
  • sober,
  • rational,
  • willful,
  • astute,
  • shrewd,
  • levelheaded,
  • sensible,
  • tough-nut.
  • hardheaded (adjective)
  • more unsentimental,
  • un sentimental,
  • most unsentimental,
  • un-sentimental,
  • level headed,
  • most hardheaded.
  • harsh (adjective)
  • cruel,
  • dour,
  • comfortless,
  • grim,
  • Hard-shell,
  • ruthless,
  • austere,
  • unpleasant,
  • bitter,
  • severe,
  • cussed,
  • ungracious,
  • brutal,
  • pitiless,
  • sharp,
  • wicked,
  • gruff,
  • unkind,
  • uncivil,
  • discourteous,
  • punitive,
  • rude.
  • headstrong (adjective)
  • heedless,
  • impulsive,
  • imprudent,
  • rash,
  • ungovernable,
  • uncontrollable,
  • unruly,
  • reckless,
  • Pig-headed,
  • froward,
  • refractory,
  • foolhardy,
  • murder,
  • contrary.
  • immovable (adjective)
  • immobile,
  • secure,
  • stable,
  • stuck,
  • quiescent,
  • unalterable,
  • dug in,
  • stationary,
  • fast,
  • unchangeable,
  • solid,
  • constant,
  • motionless,
  • rooted,
  • unwavering,
  • immutable.
  • mean (adjective)
  • lowdown and dirty,
  • the lowest,
  • toucher,
  • snide,
  • low-down and dirty,
  • low-down dirty,
  • liverish,
  • ornery.
  • obdurate (adjective)
  • 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.
  • obstinate (adjective)
  • bovine,
  • brass-bound,
  • inelastic,
  • bull-headed,
  • bigoted,
  • hidebound.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • 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.
  • perverse (adjective)
  • 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.
  • severe (adjective)
  • unsmiling,
  • ironhanded,
  • flinty,
  • iron-handed.
  • stern (adjective)
  • 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.
  • stringent (adjective)
  • 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.
  • strong (adjective)
  • iron-willed,
  • take charge.
  • tough (adjective)
  • most ruffianly,
  • un forgiving,
  • un-forgiving,
  • hard bitten,
  • more ruffianly.
  • unyielding (adjective)
  • most immalleable,
  • more impliable,
  • un-compliant,
  • un compliant,
  • un yielding,
  • un movable,
  • un-yielding,
  • un-movable,
  • most impliable,
  • more immalleable.

• n.

  •
  • emotionless,
  • controlled,
  • undemonstrative,
  • neutral,
  • restrained,
  • passive,
  • unresponsive,
  • unemotional,
  • impassive,
  • blank.
  • hard-nosed (noun)
  • realistic.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • practical,
  • pragmatic.
  • stubborn (noun)
  • Hard-headed.

Paraphrases for Hard-nosed:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    headstrong, stubborn.