321 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ stˈʌbənnəs], [ stˈʌbənnəs], [ s_t_ˈʌ_b_ə_n_n_ə_s]

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)

Paraphrases for stubbornness

Synonyms for Stubbornness:

• n.

  •
  • resist.
  • bullheadedness (noun)
  • head strongness,
  • head-strongnesses,
  • self will,
  • headstrongnesses,
  • selfwills,
  • head strongnesses,
  • self wills,
  • head-strongness,
  • self-wills,
  • bullheadedness,
  • selfwill.
  • contempt (noun)
  • neglect,
  • hatred,
  • Despisement,
  • mockery.
  • decision (noun)
  • obstinances,
  • purposivenesses,
  • re-solve,
  • will powers,
  • re-solves,
  • re solves,
  • re solve,
  • iron wills.
  • defiance (noun)
  • defiance,
  • dissent,
  • contravention,
  • affront,
  • resistance,
  • dissension,
  • obstinacy,
  • counteraction,
  • insurgency,
  • insubordination,
  • confrontation,
  • insolence,
  • rebelliousness,
  • audacity,
  • boldness,
  • attack,
  • temerity,
  • recalcitrance.
  • determination (noun)
  • perseverance,
  • pertinacity,
  • doggedness,
  • adamancy,
  • inflexibility,
  • contumacy,
  • pigheadedness.
  • disobedience (noun)
  • Insubmission,
  • Insurgence,
  • mutiny,
  • Non-observance,
  • nonobservance,
  • indiscipline,
  • waywardness.
  • fanaticism (noun)
  • extremism,
  • partiality,
  • immoderation,
  • injustice,
  • in justice,
  • zealotry,
  • willfulness,
  • obsessiveness,
  • illiberality,
  • illiberalities,
  • monomania,
  • arbitrariness,
  • violence,
  • Incorrigibility,
  • dogma.
  • obstinacy (noun)
  • hardheadedness.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • 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.
  • perseverance (noun)
  • determination.
  • resolution (noun)
  • dauntlessness,
  • decisiveness,
  • stamina,
  • bravery,
  • devotion,
  • sand,
  • moxie,
  • heartiness,
  • indefatigability,
  • spunk,
  • tenacity,
  • trueness,
  • courageousness,
  • faithfulness,
  • tirelessness,
  • backbone,
  • steadfastness,
  • diligence,
  • grit,
  • fortitude,
  • Stoniness,
  • staunchness,
  • fervency.
  • unwillingness (noun)
  • contrariness,
  • distaste,
  • reluctance,
  • opposition,
  • Averseness,
  • disinclination,
  • repugnance,
  • Repellency,
  • unwillingness,
  • balkiness,
  • noncooperation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • inexorability,
  • inexorableness,
  • intransigence,
  • obduracy,
  • rigidity,
  • intransigency,
  • incompliancy,
  • inflexibleness,
  • grimness,
  • relentlessness,
  • remorselessness,
  • die-hardism,
  • Incompliance,
  • obdurateness,
  • Implacableness,
  • rigidness.
  •
  • Implacability,
  • narrowness.
  • mulishness
  • intractability.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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.

Paraphrases for Stubbornness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    obstinacy.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    resilience, stamina.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    determination, diehard, insistence, intransigence, intransigent, perseverance, persistence, steadfastness, tenacity.