Definition for Obstinacy:

• The state or quality of being unyielding or difficult to control; as, the obstinacy of a fever; unreasonable determination to have one's own way; stubbornness.

Synonyms for Obstinacy:

• n.

  •
  • conservatism,
  • reaction,
  • intolerance.
  •
  • resist.
  •
  • control,
  • peace,
  • order,
  • intractability.
  •defiance (noun)
  • boldness,
  • audacity,
  • contravention,
  • insurgency,
  • dissent,
  • insubordination,
  • dissension,
  • temerity,
  • recalcitrance,
  • affront,
  • attack,
  • insolence.
  •obstinacy (noun)
  • bullheadedness,
  • hardheadedness,
  • contumacy.
  •opposition (noun)
  • counteraction,
  • dispute,
  • counterattack,
  • conflict,
  • antagonism,
  • repulsion,
  • rebuff,
  • friction,
  • interference,
  • protest,
  • challenge,
  • inhibition,
  • impediment,
  • adversary,
  • disagreement,
  • opposition,
  • confrontation,
  • resistance,
  • fight,
  • defiance,
  • suppression,
  • obstruction,
  • hindrance,
  • objection,
  • contradiction,
  • repression.
  •perseverance (noun)
  • determination.
  •stubbornness (noun)
  • reluctance.
  •sullenness (noun)
  • gloominess,
  • grimness,
  • dourness,
  • surliness,
  • glumness,
  • meanness,
  • dejection,
  • crabbiness,
  • fretfulness,
  • moroseness,
  • melancholy,
  • malevolence,
  • cynicism,
  • grumpiness,
  • irascibility,
  • darkness,
  • grouchiness,
  • moodiness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • crossness,
  • sulkiness,
  • hostility,
  • sullenness,
  • long-facedness,
  • petulance,
  • sourness,
  • unfriendliness.
  •tenacity (noun)
  • persistency,
  • strength,
  • viscidity,
  • doggedness,
  • steadfastness,
  • hardness,
  • stiffness.
  •unwillingness (noun)
  • disinclination,
  • distaste,
  • contrariness,
  • balkiness,
  • repugnance,
  • Repellency,
  • unwillingness,
  • noncooperation,
  • Averseness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • perverseness,
  • pertinaciousness,
  • ungovernableness,
  • intractableness,
  • pertinacity,
  • perversity,
  • uncontrollability,
  • obstinateness,
  • unmanageability,
  • refractoriness,
  • obstreperousness,
  • fractiousness,
  • Indocility,
  • provincialism,
  • tenaciousness,
  • willfulness.
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  • recalcitrancy,
  • untowardness.
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  • disorderliness.
  •dissent
  • nonconformity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • guts,
  • robustness,
  • difficulty,
  • deliberateness,
  • Sulks,
  • impenitency,
  • negativeness,
  • willpower,
  • bad blood,
  • rebellion,
  • perseverance,
  • definition,
  • possession,
  • adhesiveness,
  • cross-purposes,
  • stoutness,
  • grit,
  • preoccupation,
  • backwardness,
  • immutableness,
  • sedulousness,
  • will,
  • wilfulness,
  • frowardness,
  • unsusceptibility,
  • stamina,
  • assiduity,
  • consistency,
  • unchangeability,
  • foot-dragging,
  • quiescence,
  • earnestness,
  • slogging,
  • rivalry,
  • self-control,
  • unreceptiveness,
  • energy,
  • Resolvedness,
  • vigorousness,
  • concentration,
  • immovability,
  • indefatigability,
  • refusal,
  • sincerity,
  • Headstrongness,
  • fidelity,
  • pigheadedness,
  • stand,
  • passive resistance,
  • industriousness,
  • bigotry,
  • competition,
  • fundamentalism,
  • patience,
  • immutability,
  • decisiveness,
  • Precisianism,
  • indisposition,
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • sloth,
  • unalterability,
  • impliability,
  • permanence,
  • self-opinionatedness,
  • complaint,
  • rigorousness,
  • gumminess,
  • disaccord,
  • orthodoxy,
  • fortitude,
  • devotedness,
  • engrossment,
  • contrariety,
  • gluiness,
  • inertness,
  • bulldog,
  • determinateness,
  • sturdiness,
  • Withstanding,
  • sulk,
  • Oppugnancy,
  • self-command,
  • tackiness,
  • gutsiness,
  • ruling passion,
  • inaction,
  • Indisposedness,
  • endurance,
  • plodding,
  • powerfulness,
  • uncooperativeness,
  • might,
  • remonstrance,
  • rigor,
  • snugness,
  • cussedness,
  • A,
  • insistence,
  • puritanism,
  • application,
  • potency,
  • Recalcitration,
  • Grudgingness,
  • resolve,
  • stability,
  • repulse,
  • changelessness,
  • Inexcitability,
  • Purism,
  • unyieldingness,
  • enmity,
  • stick-to-it-iveness,
  • impenitence,
  • Mutinousness,
  • sand,
  • mightiness,
  • stickiness,
  • aversion,
  • dauntlessness,
  • constancy,
  • inactivity,
  • Renitence,
  • Repellence,
  • assiduousness,
  • restiveness,
  • dedication,
  • definiteness,
  • Disrelish,
  • Nolition,
  • determinedness,
  • insistency,
  • tightness,
  • loyalty,
  • hardiness,
  • industry,
  • tirelessness,
  • dissentience,
  • demur,
  • sedulity,
  • staying power,
  • commitment,
  • viscosity,
  • slowness,
  • cohesiveness,
  • stalwartness,
  • deliberation,
  • heartiness,
  • opinionatedness,
  • vigor,
  • moral courage,
  • rigour,
  • Inveteracy,
  • retention,
  • collision,
  • disobedience,
  • Plugging,
  • conclusion,
  • glutinosity,
  • intestinal fortitude,
  • Renitency,
  • steadiness,
  • irreversibility,
  • devotion,
  • ruggedness,
  • self-will,
  • self-possession,
  • unresponsiveness,
  • Cursoriness,
  • force,
  • diligence,
  • Vying,
  • stolidity,
  • antipathy,
  • obduracy,
  • power,
  • Spinosity,
  • vigour,
  • negativism,
  • vitality,
  • uncompromisingness,
  • clashing,
  • lustiness,
  • decidedness,
  • unenthusiasm,
  • lack of enthusiasm,
  • Lustihood,
  • Unbendingness,
  • old school,
  • revolt,
  • imperviousness,
  • Torvity,
  • purpose,
  • Perfunctoriness,
  • Contumaciousness,
  • crabbedness,
  • indefatigableness,
  • seriousness.

Paraphrases for Obstinacy:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stubbornness.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intransigence, tenacity, persistence, insistence, perseverance, determination, inflexibility, obsession, steadfastness.

Antonyms for Obstinacy:

• n.

  • stubbornness
    irresolution.
  • Other antonyms:
    pliability, pliancy, receptivity, docility, subordinateness, Subserviency, receptiveness, flexibility, reasonability, surrender, acquiescence, open-mindedness, pliantness, yielding, acceptance, slavishness, subservience, broad-mindedness, pliableness, reasonableness, willingness.