Definition for Stiff-necked:

• Obstinate; obdurate.

Synonyms for Stiff-necked:

• adj.

  •doctrinaire (adjective)
  • obstinate,
  • bullheaded,
  • one-sided,
  • mulish,
  • dogged,
  • authoritarian,
  • pertinacious,
  • pigheaded,
  • biased,
  • doctrinaire,
  • inflexible,
  • stubborn,
  • rigid,
  • bigoted,
  • fanatical.
  •dogmatic (adjective)
  • imperious,
  • prejudiced,
  • peremptory,
  • doctrinaire,
  • obdurate,
  • determined,
  • formal,
  • tenacious,
  • arrogant,
  • narrow-minded,
  • intolerant.
  •incompliant (adjective)
  • adamantine.
  •obdurate (adjective)
  • tough,
  • harsh,
  • unbending,
  • relentless,
  • implacable,
  • adamant,
  • uncompromising,
  • uncooperative,
  • hard,
  • immovable,
  • perverse,
  • unyielding,
  • unrelenting,
  • hard-nosed,
  • inexorable.
  •pigheaded (adjective)
  • headstrong,
  • willful,
  • recalcitrant,
  • self-willed,
  • intractable,
  • contrary.
  •set (adjective)
  • pat.
  •severe (adjective)
  • fundamental,
  • tart,
  • rigorous,
  • unbending,
  • exacting,
  • relentless,
  • critical,
  • sharp,
  • stark,
  • uncompromising,
  • dour,
  • stern,
  • disciplined,
  • acerbic,
  • crisp,
  • correct,
  • brisk,
  • astringent,
  • icy,
  • chilly,
  • imperial,
  • hidebound,
  • stringent,
  • bleak,
  • intense,
  • demanding,
  • prudish,
  • piquant,
  • keen,
  • spare,
  • blunt,
  • intolerant,
  • severe,
  • precise,
  • cool,
  • raw,
  • gruff,
  • rigid,
  • oppressive,
  • curt,
  • harsh,
  • ascetic,
  • obdurate,
  • short,
  • spartan,
  • puritanical,
  • dry,
  • cutting,
  • abrupt,
  • strait-laced,
  • draconian,
  • frosty,
  • caustic,
  • brusque,
  • lean,
  • obstinate,
  • authoritarian,
  • strict,
  • inflexible,
  • acute,
  • acrimonious,
  • basic,
  • meticulous,
  • grim,
  • censorious,
  • austere.
  •stern (adjective)
  • hardheaded,
  • cruel,
  • hard-line,
  • austere,
  • severe,
  • steely,
  • rigorous,
  • astringent,
  • unsparing,
  • grim,
  • strict,
  • ascetic.
  •stubborn (adjective)
  • contumacious,
  • unmanageable,
  • persevering,
  • refractory,
  • opinionated,
  • balky.
  •unbendable (adjective)
  • Incompliant.
  •uncompromising (adjective)
  • intransigent.
  •unfaltering (adjective)
  • unswerving,
  • set.
  •unrelenting (adjective)
  • remorseless,
  • Hard-headed,
  • stern,
  • stiff,
  • ruthless,
  • pitiless.
  •unyielding (adjective)
  • uncompliant,
  • merciless.

• n.

  •
  • conservative,
  • bloody-minded,
  • narrow,
  • narrow-minded,
  • closed.
  •
  • mulish,
  • tenacious,
  • resist,
  • hardheaded,
  • pigheaded,
  • dogged,
  • headstrong,
  • willful,
  • bullheaded,
  • perverse,
  • pertinacious.
  •stiff-necked (noun)
  • stubborn.
  •stubborn (noun)
  • unyielding,
  • priggish.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bullheaded.
  •
  • hardheaded,
  • mulish,
  • dogmatic,
  • headstrong,
  • pertinacious,
  • tenacious,
  • dogged,
  • pigheaded.
  •
  • willful,
  • perverse.
  •uncontrollable
  • unruly.
  •Other relevant words:
  • pertinacious,
  • overmodest,
  • sullen,
  • unmanageable,
  • lofty,
  • self-asserting,
  • merciless,
  • pitiless,
  • unmoving,
  • refractory,
  • hardheaded,
  • unstoppable,
  • disapproving,
  • unrelenting,
  • close-minded,
  • imperious,
  • dogmatic,
  • starchy,
  • formal,
  • smug,
  • narrow-minded,
  • decorous,
  • uppish,
  • adamantine,
  • Hard-headed,
  • narrow,
  • wilful,
  • self-confident,
  • immovable,
  • persevering,
  • headstrong,
  • contrary,
  • self-willed,
  • arrogant,
  • unfaltering,
  • pietistic,
  • presumptuous,
  • doctrinaire,
  • remorseless,
  • self-assertive,
  • haughty,
  • implacable,
  • sanctimonious,
  • bigoted,
  • ossified,
  • hard-nosed,
  • limited,
  • illiberal,
  • unforgiving,
  • forceful,
  • unworldly,
  • Pig-headed,
  • steely,
  • hard-line,
  • huffy,
  • provincial,
  • pettifogging,
  • restive,
  • stubborn,
  • self-reliant,
  • intransigent,
  • proper,
  • uppity,
  • Incompliant,
  • uncompliant,
  • case-hardened,
  • unprogressive,
  • unregenerate,
  • peremptory,
  • short-sighted,
  • tough,
  • unrelieved,
  • stilted,
  • fanatical,
  • sniffy,
  • overzealous,
  • adamant,
  • high-and-mighty,
  • stiff,
  • dogged,
  • small-minded,
  • cruel,
  • independent,
  • perverse,
  • high hat,
  • balky,
  • Mean-spirited,
  • bigot,
  • contumacious,
  • Presuming,
  • bulldogged,
  • overweening,
  • opinionated,
  • pretentious,
  • tenacious,
  • unsparing,
  • willful,
  • cavalier,
  • self-sufficient,
  • resist,
  • priggish,
  • fanatic,
  • superior,
  • uptight,
  • moralistic,
  • difficult,
  • vexatious,
  • petty,
  • uncontrollable,
  • unswerving,
  • determined,
  • supercilious,
  • intractable,
  • erect,
  • unruly,
  • conservative,
  • uncultivated,
  • self-opinionated,
  • bumptious,
  • assumptive,
  • wrongheaded,
  • strong-willed,
  • unyielding,
  • unchangeable,
  • old-maidish,
  • pompous,
  • chesty,
  • unmerciful,
  • toplofty,
  • fundamentalist,
  • reactionary,
  • restricted,
  • prideful,
  • one-sided,
  • red-necked,
  • unmoved,
  • purse-proud,
  • high-handed,
  • uncooperative,
  • biased,
  • lordly,
  • partial,
  • house-proud,
  • ultra-conservative,
  • masterful,
  • insular,
  • pat,
  • set,
  • punctilious,
  • important,
  • prejudiced,
  • old fashioned,
  • ungovernable,
  • local,
  • huffish,
  • proud,
  • recalcitrant,
  • hard,
  • ceremonious,
  • regional,
  • undeviating,
  • parochial,
  • Inconvincible,
  • closed,
  • puritan,
  • isolated,
  • pigheaded,
  • highfalutin,
  • literal-minded,
  • ruthless,
  • prim,
  • incorrigible,
  • square,
  • sulky,
  • uncultured,
  • inexorable,
  • bullheaded,
  • non-objective,
  • straitlaced,
  • unchanging,
  • stuffy,
  • mulish,
  • hardened,
  • balking,
  • conventional,
  • unsophisticated,
  • bloody-minded,
  • disobedient,
  • self-respecting.

Antonyms for Stiff-necked:

• adj.

  • doctrinaire
    manageable, amenable, obedient, submissive, flexible.
  • dogmatic
    indecisive, impartial, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, vague, indefinite, ambiguous, doubting, vacillating, skeptical, yielding, questioning, not positive, fluctuating, willing, equivocal.
  • obdurate
    susceptible, gentle.
  • pigheaded
    reasonable.
  • set
    movable, undecided, soft, wavering, unfixed, changeable, moving, unsteady, weak, variable, infrequent, unsettled, irresolute.
  • stern
    kind, smiling, nice, easy, mild, cheerful, funny, tolerant, bland, light, lenient.
  • stubborn
    giving, pliable, broad-minded, complacent, Surrendering, pliant, compliant.
  • uncompromising
    cooperative, open, compromising.
  • unfaltering
    unstable, faltering.
  • unrelenting
    completed, merciful, halting, occasional, ending, inconstant, broken, finished, interrupted, irregular, compassionate, varying, terminable, stopping, Ceasing, Relenting, intermittent, sympathetic.
  • willful
    unwilling, involuntary.
  • Other antonyms:
    passive, demure, governable, timid, unobtrusive, unmannerly, unassertive, laid-back, sheepish, accepting, persuadable, overmodest, receptive, temperate, subservient, docile, acquiescent, bashful, quiet, unaggressive, cowering, diffident, unpretentious, subdued, rude, meek, indecorous, humble, impolite, casual, mousy, lowly, introverted, placable, agreeable, informal, easygoing, complying, deferential, retiring, slavish, shrinking, improper, responsive, unceremonious, unassuming, reserved, shy, cringing, discourteous, modest.