Definition for Stubborn:

• Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.

Synonyms for Stubborn:

• adj.

  •adamant (adjective)
  • intransigent,
  • unbendable,
  • hard-nosed,
  • unrelenting,
  • resolute,
  • immovable,
  • stiff,
  • pat,
  • set,
  • insistent,
  • uncompromising.
  •balky (adjective)
  • averse,
  • contrary,
  • obstinate,
  • unruly,
  • ornery,
  • loath,
  • reluctant,
  • indisposed,
  • hesitant.
  •callous (adjective)
  • hard-boiled,
  • unfeeling,
  • case-hardened,
  • Indurated,
  • inured,
  • cold,
  • uncaring,
  • hardened,
  • stony,
  • hard,
  • unsympathetic.
  •chronic (adjective)
  • enduring,
  • inveterate,
  • constant,
  • unabating,
  • rooted,
  • incurable,
  • unyielding,
  • persisting,
  • deep-rooted,
  • continuing,
  • ineradicable,
  • lasting,
  • habitual.
  •contrary (adjective)
  • wayward,
  • wrongheaded,
  • froward,
  • restive,
  • opposed,
  • hostile,
  • conflicting.
  •contumacious (adjective)
  • factious,
  • insurgent,
  • Pig-headed,
  • irreconcilable,
  • mutinous.
  •deaf (adjective)
  • unmoved,
  • strong-willed,
  • self-willed.
  •defiant (adjective)
  • resistant,
  • challenging,
  • defiant,
  • daring,
  • recalcitrant,
  • rebellious,
  • insurgent,
  • audacious,
  • dissenting,
  • insolent,
  • bold,
  • obstinate,
  • factious,
  • insubordinate,
  • confrontational,
  • conflicting.
  •determined (adjective)
  • purposeful,
  • unflinching,
  • serious,
  • resolved,
  • earnest,
  • unwavering,
  • solid,
  • unhesitating,
  • strong-minded,
  • unfaltering,
  • intent,
  • decided,
  • set on,
  • decisive.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • intractable.
  •doctrinaire (adjective)
  • one-sided,
  • biased,
  • fanatical,
  • dictatorial,
  • stiff-necked,
  • doctrinaire,
  • bigoted,
  • authoritarian.
  •hell-bent (adjective)
  • hell-bent.
  •indifferent (adjective)
  • unmoved.
  •obstinate (adjective)
  • inflexible,
  • adamant,
  • obdurate,
  • resolute,
  • tenacious,
  • Pig-headed,
  • hardheaded,
  • obstinate,
  • mulish,
  • bigoted,
  • brass-bound,
  • unyielding,
  • unbendable,
  • unreasonable,
  • bull-headed,
  • contrary,
  • hard-nosed,
  • bovine,
  • hidebound,
  • rigid,
  • refractory,
  • inelastic,
  • pertinacious,
  • willful,
  • uncompromising.
  •opinionated (adjective)
  • opinionated.
  •ornery (adjective)
  • froward.
  •overenthusiastic (adjective)
  • fanatical.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • bold,
  • intent,
  • implacable,
  • stern,
  • dauntless,
  • firm,
  • tireless,
  • unchangeable,
  • determined,
  • steady,
  • tough,
  • plucky,
  • unbending,
  • spunky,
  • fearless,
  • steely,
  • ruthless,
  • resolved,
  • strong-willed,
  • valiant,
  • unshakeable,
  • tenacious,
  • single-minded,
  • iron-willed,
  • deliberate,
  • persevering,
  • uncompromising,
  • bullheaded,
  • courageous,
  • decisive,
  • unflinching,
  • zealous,
  • dedicated,
  • steadfast,
  • inexorable,
  • serious,
  • resolute,
  • relentless,
  • unyielding,
  • faithful,
  • decided,
  • indefatigable,
  • true,
  • staunch,
  • loyal,
  • insistent,
  • reliable,
  • committed,
  • constant,
  • indomitable,
  • set,
  • thorough,
  • strong-minded,
  • dogged,
  • devoted,
  • headstrong,
  • persistent,
  • earnest,
  • unwavering,
  • hearty,
  • diligent.
  •stubborn (adjective)
  • inexorable,
  • contumacious,
  • unreasonable,
  • persistent,
  • perverse,
  • tenacious,
  • headstrong,
  • balky,
  • inflexible,
  • persevering,
  • opinionated,
  • bullheaded,
  • stiff-necked,
  • self-willed,
  • recalcitrant,
  • relentless,
  • unshakable,
  • refractory,
  • steadfast,
  • determined,
  • dogged,
  • set in one's ways,
  • rigid,
  • mulish,
  • pigheaded,
  • obdurate,
  • pertinacious,
  • single-minded,
  • rebellious,
  • intractable,
  • unmanageable,
  • cussed,
  • adamant,
  • willful,
  • unbending,
  • cantankerous,
  • firm,
  • tough,
  • fixed,
  • hardheaded,
  • insubordinate,
  • untoward.
  •sullen (adjective)
  • grim.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • bold,
  • fervent,
  • persistent,
  • insistent,
  • resolute,
  • undaunted,
  • persevering,
  • hearty,
  • strong,
  • dogged,
  • brave,
  • obdurate,
  • tenacious,
  • bulldogged,
  • unflagging,
  • flintlike,
  • faithful,
  • headstrong,
  • tireless,
  • courageous,
  • decisive,
  • dauntless,
  • spunky,
  • indefatigable,
  • stiff,
  • staunch,
  • determined,
  • hard,
  • stony,
  • bullheaded,
  • tough,
  • true,
  • obstinate,
  • devoted,
  • diligent,
  • steadfast,
  • plucky,
  • strong-willed,
  • indomitable,
  • enduring.
  •unbowed (adjective)
  • unbowed.
  •unwilling (adjective)
  • loath,
  • Resisting,
  • irreconcilable,
  • squeamish,
  • balky,
  • reluctant,
  • unwilling,
  • unconsenting,
  • unyielding,
  • averse,
  • deaf,
  • opposed,
  • contrary,
  • unhelpful,
  • hesitant,
  • indisposed,
  • uncooperative,
  • uncomplying,
  • obstinate,
  • recalcitrant,
  • disinclined,
  • defiant,
  • non-consenting,
  • noncooperative.

• n.

  •
  • autoimmune,
  • acute,
  • benign,
  • congenital,
  • chronic,
  • clinical,
  • catching,
  • advanced,
  • asymptomatic,
  • communicable.
  •
  • Incompliant,
  • closed,
  • intolerant,
  • grim,
  • unrelenting,
  • resist,
  • remorseless,
  • adamantine,
  • intransigent,
  • narrow,
  • brassbound,
  • uncompliant,
  • iron,
  • narrow-minded,
  • die-hard,
  • conservative.
  •
  • solid,
  • sturdy,
  • durable,
  • robust,
  • irresistible,
  • heavy-duty,
  • continue.
  •stubborn (noun)
  • cross-grained,
  • pertinacious,
  • obstinate,
  • bulldog,
  • difficult,
  • stroppy,
  • unregenerate,
  • strong-willed,
  • dogged,
  • cantankerous,
  • pigheaded,
  • unyielding,
  • hardheaded,
  • mulish,
  • bloody-minded,
  • refractory,
  • bullet-headed,
  • contrarious,
  • unreconstructed,
  • bolshy,
  • tenacious,
  • bullheaded,
  • dour,
  • determined,
  • stiff-necked,
  • hard,
  • strong-minded.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ineradicable,
  • Incompliant,
  • suburban,
  • sturdy,
  • fireproof,
  • narrow-minded,
  • brassbound,
  • small town,
  • close-minded,
  • parochial,
  • Hard-headed,
  • irresistible,
  • bigot,
  • adamantine,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • unadventurous,
  • closed,
  • stuffy,
  • unbreakable,
  • uncompliant,
  • neoconservative,
  • hard core,
  • intolerant.
  •
  • durable,
  • die-hard,
  • sectarian,
  • well-built,
  • dogmatic,
  • unshakable,
  • invincible,
  • industrial-strength,
  • deaf,
  • rooted,
  • unrelenting,
  • defensible,
  • repulsive,
  • severe,
  • weatherproof,
  • iron,
  • heavy-duty.
  •
  • narrow,
  • remorseless,
  • substantially,
  • conservative.
  •
  • robust.
  •
  • solid.
  •bigoted
  • opinionated.
  •determined
  • purposeful.
  •fanatic
  • fanatical.
  •inveterate
  • chronic.
  •obdurate
  • uncontrollable.
  •uncompromising
  • intransigent.
  •undefeated
  • unbowed.
  •unfeeling
  • callous.
  •willful
  • self-willed.
  •Other relevant words:
  • adhere,
  • parochial,
  • authentically,
  • partial,
  • narrow-minded,
  • restrain,
  • rooted,
  • sectarian,
  • fibrous,
  • no doubt,
  • cantankerous,
  • continuing,
  • one-sided,
  • biased,
  • inalterable,
  • categorical,
  • tornado,
  • depraved,
  • bad,
  • racist,
  • Indurated,
  • confine,
  • hardened,
  • wrongheaded,
  • cattle,
  • neoconservative,
  • domineering,
  • presume,
  • unequivocally,
  • unhesitating,
  • fractious,
  • advanced,
  • industrial-strength,
  • stalwart,
  • villainous,
  • incorrigible,
  • froward,
  • anarchic,
  • well-built,
  • catch,
  • ailment,
  • ropy,
  • wrong-headed,
  • irreversible,
  • condone,
  • stroppy,
  • sticky,
  • Weariless,
  • muscle-bound,
  • desperate,
  • slogging,
  • clinical,
  • impossible,
  • cold,
  • permanent,
  • adherent,
  • sturdy,
  • irresistible,
  • pat,
  • unquestionably,
  • stifle,
  • unwearied,
  • emphatic,
  • cocksure,
  • purposive,
  • conventional,
  • bolshy,
  • Starched,
  • Incompliant,
  • Unlimber,
  • cross-grained,
  • indeed,
  • bullet-headed,
  • fundamentalist,
  • perverse,
  • restricted,
  • ox,
  • pontifical,
  • Puristic,
  • decidedly,
  • unwieldy,
  • sleepless,
  • restive,
  • asymptomatic,
  • Inconvincible,
  • unregenerate,
  • Unpliable,
  • interpret,
  • unmalleable,
  • disagree,
  • assume,
  • uncultivated,
  • unsleeping,
  • originally,
  • assertive,
  • Nonelastic,
  • stringy,
  • harsh,
  • stunt,
  • hypocrite,
  • fast,
  • set in one's ways,
  • unruly,
  • evidently,
  • conservative,
  • repress,
  • combative,
  • self-willed,
  • undeviating,
  • devotee,
  • Rigorist,
  • surmise,
  • belligerent,
  • obstreperous,
  • compelling,
  • hold,
  • labyrinthine,
  • wiry,
  • preoccupied,
  • unremitting,
  • arbitrary,
  • admittedly,
  • segregationist,
  • aggressive,
  • Invious,
  • inert,
  • in high feather,
  • openly,
  • puritanic,
  • adamantine,
  • bind,
  • unmoving,
  • restrict,
  • pugnacious,
  • secure,
  • fidgety,
  • obstinately,
  • convoluted,
  • credibly,
  • uninterrupted,
  • untoward,
  • stubborn as a mule,
  • differ,
  • fireproof,
  • iron,
  • unabating,
  • hard-boiled,
  • inhibit,
  • noncompliant,
  • ineradicable,
  • necessity,
  • authoritarian,
  • unalterable,
  • intransigent,
  • grim,
  • wicked,
  • communicable,
  • indubitably,
  • Hard-headed,
  • autoimmune,
  • purist,
  • solidify,
  • dictatorial,
  • pathless,
  • Procrustean,
  • inveterate,
  • isolated,
  • chewy,
  • untiring,
  • attach,
  • gristly,
  • sulky,
  • positive,
  • against the grain,
  • uncontrolled,
  • local,
  • vexatious,
  • tacky,
  • undiscouraged,
  • unbowed,
  • tenacity,
  • curb,
  • assuredly,
  • limited,
  • unhesitant,
  • unsubmissive,
  • unbreakable,
  • immovable,
  • Ungiving,
  • stick on,
  • Inductile,
  • turbulent,
  • hard core,
  • solid,
  • puritanical,
  • awkward,
  • immutable,
  • suppress,
  • riotous,
  • stiff-necked,
  • sexist,
  • brazen,
  • petty,
  • clearly,
  • diehard,
  • weatherproof,
  • forceful,
  • overconfident,
  • unfeeling,
  • break in two,
  • overbearing,
  • chronic,
  • resist,
  • pertinacity,
  • orthodox,
  • expect,
  • unworldly,
  • industrious,
  • be attached to,
  • unrelenting,
  • cool,
  • repulsive,
  • stable,
  • unreformable,
  • austere,
  • substantially,
  • tangled,
  • unmoved,
  • hard-working,
  • resin,
  • intractable,
  • unrepentant,
  • established,
  • leathery,
  • fixed,
  • genuinely,
  • play,
  • cussed,
  • undisciplined,
  • arrogant,
  • wayward,
  • subdue,
  • undisputedly,
  • plodding,
  • adhesive,
  • rightfully,
  • petulant,
  • definite,
  • severe,
  • small town,
  • contain,
  • pushy,
  • gritty,
  • balking,
  • congeal,
  • positively,
  • quell,
  • ungovernable,
  • case-hardened,
  • sullen,
  • Impliable,
  • Sequacious,
  • indurate,
  • laborious,
  • complicated,
  • difficult,
  • affection,
  • Unrelaxing,
  • pigheaded,
  • inured,
  • indocile,
  • set on,
  • invincible,
  • Rhadamanthine,
  • inextensible,
  • dour,
  • habitual,
  • doctrinaire,
  • defensive,
  • never-tiring,
  • durable,
  • insular,
  • bulldog,
  • provincial,
  • lasting,
  • certainly,
  • undoubtedly,
  • energetic,
  • thorny,
  • stormy,
  • continue,
  • trackless,
  • incisive,
  • attachment,
  • strict,
  • sinful,
  • tense,
  • gutsy,
  • straightlaced,
  • summary,
  • get,
  • illness,
  • robust,
  • Unflexible,
  • complaint,
  • unreasonable,
  • disorderly,
  • intricate,
  • starch,
  • ironclad,
  • dogmatic,
  • naturally,
  • sedulous,
  • unaccommodating,
  • unadaptable,
  • bloody-minded,
  • invariable,
  • defensible,
  • single-minded,
  • unreconstructed,
  • close-minded,
  • hard fact,
  • hostile,
  • definitely,
  • Clingy,
  • surely,
  • in fine feather,
  • tumultuous,
  • disobedient,
  • uncultured,
  • gummy,
  • apparently,
  • sinewy,
  • make an effort,
  • consolidate,
  • heavy-duty,
  • cartilaginous,
  • unsympathetic,
  • wilful,
  • despotic,
  • rockbound,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • fanatic,
  • hear,
  • Intractile,
  • prejudiced,
  • cohesive,
  • distinctly,
  • short-sighted,
  • Plugging,
  • unsentimental,
  • contrarious,
  • unvarying,
  • bane,
  • unshaken,
  • illiberal,
  • unfailing,
  • knotted,
  • decisively,
  • ill-behaved,
  • suppose,
  • outline,
  • epitome,
  • coriaceous,
  • antagonistic,
  • patient,
  • persisting,
  • Perseverant,
  • perseverance,
  • incurable,
  • willful,
  • Casehardened,
  • assiduous,
  • uncompliant,
  • unvaried,
  • unwearying,
  • unfaltering,
  • fanatical,
  • overzealous,
  • intolerant,
  • urgent,
  • patently,
  • unregulated,
  • congenital,
  • Ironbound,
  • suburban,
  • Unintermitting,
  • ornery,
  • acute,
  • remorseless,
  • gluey,
  • importunate,
  • obstruct,
  • plainly,
  • correctly,
  • bound and determined,
  • deep-rooted,
  • set upon,
  • unblinking,
  • lawless,
  • Irresilient,
  • appendix,
  • unshakable,
  • knotty,
  • hardy,
  • stubbornly,
  • changeless,
  • closed,
  • twister,
  • straitlaced,
  • rightly,
  • check,
  • twist,
  • forgive,
  • purposeful,
  • Unpliant,
  • rugged,
  • violent,
  • self-opinionated,
  • Untractable,
  • contumacious,
  • brassbound,
  • bull,
  • absolutely,
  • unadventurous,
  • unchanging,
  • unfluctuating,
  • narrow,
  • trying,
  • regional,
  • understand,
  • revolting,
  • unmanageable,
  • unswerving,
  • mutinous,
  • affect,
  • synopsis,
  • tempestuous,
  • overweening,
  • obstinacy,
  • ossified,
  • benign,
  • hell-bent,
  • deaf,
  • no joke,
  • unconquerable,
  • rigorous,
  • rebel,
  • stark,
  • icy,
  • stubbornness,
  • sound,
  • unsophisticated,
  • vigorous,
  • peremptory,
  • imperious,
  • ironhanded,
  • bigot,
  • oxen,
  • opinionated,
  • uncontrollable,
  • self-adhesive,
  • uncaring,
  • certain,
  • unregenerated,
  • callous,
  • heady,
  • proof,
  • unconquered,
  • plaguy,
  • pinch,
  • impracticable,
  • obstructive,
  • puritan,
  • naughty,
  • primarily,
  • viscid,
  • glutinous,
  • hopeless,
  • Undrooping,
  • leatherlike,
  • die-hard,
  • chauvinist,
  • cast-iron,
  • refractory,
  • rapt,
  • stuffy,
  • doggedness,
  • catching.

Antonyms for Stubborn:

• adj.

  • adamant
    pliant, flexible, submissive.
  • balky
    cooperative.
  • callous
    sympathetic, tender, feeling, sensitive, nice, kind, compassionate.
  • chronic
    curable, eradicable, temporary, intermittent, occasional.
  • contrary
    concordant, accommodating, correspondent, similar, homogeneous, like, harmonious, agreeing, alike, obliging.
  • contumacious
    obedient, subordinate, tractable, following.
  • deaf
    aware, conscious, listening, attentive.
  • determined
    hesitating, irresolute, weak, vacillating, wavering.
  • doctrinaire
    amenable, manageable.
  • stubborn
    complacent, giving, broad-minded, compliant, willing, yielding.
  • Other antonyms:
    flexible, temperate, responsive, receptive, dutiful, irresolute, agreeable, placable, complaisant, persuadable, teachable, governable, acquiescent, accepting, undecided, slavish, complying, reasonable, subservient, manipulable, willing, wavering, gentle.