What is another word for stubbornness?
321 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ stˈʌbənnəs], [ stˈʌbənnəs], [ s_t_ˈʌ_b_ə_n_n_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for stubbornness:- bullheadedness (noun)
- contempt (noun)
- decision (noun)
- defiance (noun)
- determination (noun)
- disobedience (noun)
- fanaticism (noun)
- obstinacy (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- perseverance (noun)
- resolution (noun)
- unwillingness (noun)
- other synonyms
- mulishness
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Stubbornness:
n.
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- resist.
- head strongness,
- head-strongnesses,
- self will,
- headstrongnesses,
- selfwills,
- head strongnesses,
- self wills,
- head-strongness,
- self-wills,
- bullheadedness,
- selfwill.
- defiance,
- dissent,
- contravention,
- affront,
- resistance,
- dissension,
- obstinacy,
- counteraction,
- insurgency,
- insubordination,
- confrontation,
- insolence,
- rebelliousness,
- audacity,
- boldness,
- attack,
- temerity,
- recalcitrance.
- extremism,
- partiality,
- immoderation,
- injustice,
- in justice,
- zealotry,
- willfulness,
- obsessiveness,
- illiberality,
- illiberalities,
- monomania,
- arbitrariness,
- violence,
- Incorrigibility,
- dogma.
- singlemindedness,
- stiff upper lip,
- toughness,
- Headstrongness,
- disobedience,
- purposiveness,
- persistence,
- mulishness,
- single-mindedness,
- resoluteness,
- fearlessness,
- decision,
- firm-ness,
- self-will,
- purposefulness,
- will power,
- resolution,
- pluck,
- fanaticism,
- iron will,
- indomitability,
- dogmatism,
- contempt,
- obstinance.
Other synonyms:
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- inexorability,
- inexorableness,
- intransigence,
- obduracy,
- rigidity,
- intransigency,
- incompliancy,
- inflexibleness,
- grimness,
- relentlessness,
- remorselessness,
- die-hardism,
- Incompliance,
- obdurateness,
- Implacableness,
- rigidness.
- despite,
- viscidity,
- Contumaciousness,
- refusal,
- steadiness,
- tackiness,
- stupidity,
- constancy,
- insistence,
- self-opinionatedness,
- assiduity,
- bulldog tenacity,
- opinionatedness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- Precisianism,
- rigour,
- Purism,
- Renitence,
- unalterability,
- wildness,
- fidelity,
- fractiousness,
- lastingness,
- retention,
- grip,
- foot-dragging,
- inelasticity,
- unmalleability,
- indefatigableness,
- perversity,
- uncompromisingness,
- fixedness,
- deliberation,
- Sequaciousness,
- Indocility,
- hardiness,
- snugness,
- consistency,
- drive,
- will,
- recalcitrancy,
- perverseness,
- resolve,
- deliberateness,
- assiduousness,
- Inductility,
- dedication,
- persistency,
- Cursoriness,
- stiff neck,
- indisposition,
- changelessness,
- permanence,
- obstinateness,
- cantankerousness,
- wilfulness,
- rebellion,
- loyalty,
- intolerance,
- Stringiness,
- glutinosity,
- moroseness,
- immutableness,
- stoutness,
- endurance,
- durability,
- sedulity,
- possession,
- disagreement,
- gumminess,
- Renitency,
- tenaciousness,
- guts,
- obstreperousness,
- cement,
- ropiness,
- tightness,
- gluiness,
- cohesiveness,
- sullenness,
- Perfunctoriness,
- intractableness,
- obstruction,
- Mutinousness,
- restiveness,
- aversion,
- unenthusiasm,
- vitality,
- stability,
- bloody-mindedness,
- obstinate,
- overzealousness,
- impenitency,
- assurance,
- decidedness,
- Stiff-neckedness,
- stickiness,
- fixed mind,
- denial,
- difficulty,
- discipline,
- stubborness,
- immovability,
- rigor,
- glue,
- Disrelish,
- unbreakableness,
- impliability,
- Unbendingness,
- refractoriness,
- Sequacity,
- unchangeability,
- Nolition,
- backwardness,
- stiffness,
- Inveteracy,
- firmness,
- willpower,
- self-command,
- hardness,
- adhesiveness,
- plodding,
- orneriness,
- Semiliquidity,
- lack of enthusiasm,
- Indisposedness,
- engrossment,
- impenitence,
- Sulks,
- preoccupation,
- bigotry,
- Grudgingness,
- unyieldingness,
- pertinaciousness,
- cohesion,
- antipathy,
- purpose,
- self-possession,
- concentration,
- Plugging,
- rigorousness,
- fundamentalism,
- devotedness,
- orthodoxy,
- stolidity,
- Infrangibility,
- immutability,
- industry,
- stick-to-it-iveness,
- grasp,
- strength,
- puritanism,
- self-control,
- unruliness,
- uncooperativeness,
- frowardness,
- patience,
- sulkiness,
- irreversibility,
- sedulousness,
- sulk,
- viscosity,
- staying power,
- insistency,
- industriousness,
- application,
- Recalcitration,
- slowness,
- slogging,
- glutinousness,
- confidence.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
obstinacy.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
stamina, resilience.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
persistence, tenacity, intransigence, steadfastness, insistence, perseverance, determination, intransigent, diehard.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Stubbornness:
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determination
indetermination, amenability, irresolution, flexibility.
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determination