Synonyms for Unyielding:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • unyielding.
  •all-or-nothing (adjective)
  • all or nothing.
  •authoritarian (adjective)
  • more disciplinarian,
  • most disciplinarian,
  • un yielding,
  • doctrinaire,
  • un-yielding.
  •chronic (adjective)
  • deepseated,
  • in bred,
  • re-current,
  • most persisting,
  • in grained,
  • enduring,
  • in curable,
  • long standing,
  • re curring,
  • more unabating,
  • un-mitigated,
  • in-eradicable,
  • in-born,
  • pro longed,
  • in-grained,
  • more ever present,
  • more everpresent,
  • settled,
  • deeprooted,
  • stubborn,
  • more persisting,
  • un abating,
  • deep seated,
  • long lived,
  • most everpresent,
  • most ever-present,
  • more recurring,
  • most recurring,
  • longlived,
  • pro-longed,
  • ever present,
  • re-curring,
  • most ever present,
  • persistent,
  • in born,
  • everpresent,
  • un mitigated,
  • more inbred,
  • habitual,
  • in-bred,
  • in eradicable,
  • deep rooted,
  • in-curable,
  • re current,
  • un-abating,
  • most inbred,
  • most unabating,
  • more ever-present.
  •concrete (adjective)
  • more concrete,
  • most compressed,
  • most poured,
  • more congealed,
  • more consolidated,
  • most steeled,
  • more calcified,
  • more cemented,
  • most cemented,
  • most precast,
  • more steeled,
  • Poured,
  • most caked,
  • most calcified,
  • most consolidated,
  • most congealed,
  • set stone,
  • most indurate,
  • most solidified,
  • more conglomerated,
  • more caked,
  • more indurate,
  • more solidified,
  • more precast,
  • more poured,
  • more compressed,
  • most conglomerated,
  • pre cast.
  •contumacious (adjective)
  • insurgent.
  •courageous (adjective)
  • brave.
  •decided (adjective)
  • ironjawed,
  • most resolved,
  • most iron-jawed,
  • iron-jawed,
  • un wavering,
  • un faltering,
  • more iron-jawed,
  • most ironjawed,
  • un-faltering,
  • most strongminded,
  • in tent,
  • more strong-minded,
  • re solved,
  • most strong minded,
  • most strong-minded,
  • de-liberate,
  • re-solved,
  • more ironjawed,
  • more strong minded,
  • strong minded,
  • most iron jawed,
  • de liberate,
  • un-wavering,
  • un-hesitating,
  • more strongminded,
  • more resolved,
  • iron jawed,
  • un hesitating,
  • strongminded,
  • more iron jawed.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • galling,
  • upstream,
  • painful,
  • immense,
  • intractable,
  • backbreaker,
  • Operose,
  • easier said than done,
  • hard-won,
  • strenuous,
  • no picnic,
  • not easy,
  • effortful,
  • Difficile,
  • up-stream.
  •disobedient (adjective)
  • unruly.
  •dogged (adjective)
  • more perseverative,
  • staunch,
  • single minded,
  • un flagging,
  • most perseverative,
  • un-flagging,
  • more perseverant,
  • most perseverant,
  • un shakable,
  • un-shakable.
  •firm (adjective)
  • more closegrained,
  • un changeable,
  • un-deviating,
  • fine grained,
  • close grained,
  • more finegrained,
  • more close-grained,
  • un shaken,
  • more nonporous,
  • non-porous,
  • more never failing,
  • most fine-grained,
  • more never-failing,
  • more stipulated,
  • most close grained,
  • pre vailing,
  • un-shaken,
  • most closegrained,
  • most fine grained,
  • more fine grained,
  • ex act,
  • more fine-grained,
  • never failing,
  • neverfailing,
  • most neverfailing,
  • more close grained,
  • un deviating,
  • most never failing,
  • ex-act,
  • non porous,
  • un-qualified,
  • un-changeable,
  • most jelled,
  • more undeviating,
  • most never-failing,
  • most stipulated,
  • most nonporous,
  • un qualified,
  • finegrained,
  • more jelled,
  • closegrained,
  • most close-grained,
  • most undeviating,
  • most finegrained,
  • more neverfailing.
  •flinty (adjective)
  • steely,
  • flinty.
  •froward (adjective)
  • in submissive,
  • in-submissive,
  • more insubmissive,
  • insubmissive,
  • most insubmissive.
  •grim (adjective)
  • most splenetic,
  • fore boding,
  • most crabbed,
  • fore-boding,
  • more foreboding,
  • most scowling,
  • more splenetic,
  • forbidding,
  • grisly,
  • more scowling,
  • most glowering,
  • more glowering,
  • most foreboding,
  • splenetic.
  •hard (adjective)
  • harder.
  •hard-core (adjective)
  • more unwaivering,
  • un-compromising,
  • dyed in the wool,
  • most unwaivering,
  • de-voted,
  • de voted,
  • un compromising.
  •hard-line (adjective)
  • hardboiled,
  • Ungiving,
  • hard line.
  •hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
  • more hard nosed,
  • more unsentimental,
  • most tough nut,
  • more toughnut,
  • hard nosed,
  • most toughnut,
  • most tough-nut,
  • more tough nut,
  • more tough-nut,
  • levelheaded,
  • un sentimental,
  • un-sentimental,
  • toughnut,
  • most hardheaded,
  • hard-nosed,
  • most unsentimental.
  •hardheaded (adjective)
  • level headed,
  • hardheaded.
  •headstrong (adjective)
  • more locked in,
  • more murder,
  • head strong,
  • un-controllable,
  • more self-willed,
  • most selfwilled,
  • most lockedin,
  • selfwilled,
  • mulest,
  • most locked-in,
  • muler,
  • more locked-in,
  • hardshell,
  • more self willed,
  • most murder,
  • lockedin,
  • more selfwilled,
  • headstrong,
  • most self-willed,
  • most self willed,
  • un-governable,
  • un controllable,
  • un governable,
  • most locked in,
  • more lockedin,
  • self willed.
  •immovable (adjective)
  • more immotile,
  • immovable,
  • stick guns,
  • un-modifiable,
  • most unmodifiable,
  • more unmodifiable,
  • un modifiable,
  • unmodifiable,
  • un-alterable,
  • un alterable,
  • most immotile,
  • set concrete.
  •implacable (adjective)
  • more ironfisted,
  • un forgiving,
  • most ironfisted,
  • un-appeasable,
  • un-forgiving,
  • un appeasable.
  •inalterable (adjective)
  • in-alterable,
  • in alterable.
  •incompliant (adjective)
  • in-compliant,
  • more cussed,
  • in compliant,
  • most cussed.
  •incompressible (adjective)
  • in-compressible,
  • in compressible.
  •indocile (adjective)
  • in-docile,
  • in docile.
  •inelastic (adjective)
  • inextensible,
  • Inductile,
  • unalterable.
  •inexorable (adjective)
  • in escapable,
  • in-exorable,
  • un-movable,
  • like death taxes,
  • in-escapable,
  • un movable,
  • bound determined,
  • in exorable.
  •inflexible (adjective)
  • more unadaptable,
  • set in ways,
  • stand ones ground,
  • un-adaptable,
  • un swayable,
  • set in ones ways,
  • Unswayable,
  • un adaptable,
  • set ones ways,
  • in flexible,
  • most unswayable,
  • stand ground,
  • most unadaptable,
  • set in one ways,
  • un-swayable,
  • in-flexible,
  • set ways,
  • stand one ground,
  • set one's ways,
  • more unswayable,
  • set one ways.
  •insurmountable (adjective)
  • unconquerable.
  •intractable (adjective)
  • more bull headed,
  • most bull-headed,
  • in-tractable,
  • more bull-headed,
  • in tractable,
  • bull headed,
  • most bull headed.
  •intractable /intransigent (adjective)
  • un cooperative,
  • un pliable,
  • most intransigent,
  • un-pliabler,
  • un-cooperative,
  • un-manageable,
  • in-soluble,
  • un pliablest,
  • un-pliable,
  • un-pliablest,
  • un-disciplined,
  • un manageable,
  • in soluble,
  • un pliabler,
  • unpliablest,
  • un disciplined,
  • unpliabler.
  •invincible (adjective)
  • in vulnerable,
  • un attackable,
  • un-attackable,
  • in-vincible,
  • in-vulnerable,
  • un-touchable,
  • in superable,
  • in vincible,
  • most unsurmountable,
  • un-beatable,
  • most bulletproof,
  • irresistible,
  • most unattackable,
  • most undefeatable,
  • un touchable,
  • un beatable,
  • un assailable,
  • un-assailable,
  • un-surmountable,
  • in-violable,
  • untouchable,
  • more bulletproof,
  • more unsurmountable,
  • more undefeatable,
  • more unattackable,
  • in violable,
  • un surmountable,
  • in-superable.
  •iron (adjective)
  • more ferrous,
  • steelest,
  • more ferric,
  • most ferric,
  • in-sensible,
  • in sensible,
  • most ferrous.
  •merciless (adjective)
  • unsparing,
  • un merciful,
  • most iron-fisted,
  • in humane,
  • dog eat dog,
  • un sparing,
  • more iron-fisted,
  • un feeling,
  • un-sparing,
  • un-merciful,
  • un-pitying,
  • in-humane,
  • un pitying,
  • more iron fisted,
  • having killer instinct,
  • most iron fisted,
  • iron fisted,
  • uncalledfor.
  •obdurate (adjective)
  • more stiff necked,
  • more unimpressible,
  • more hard hearted,
  • un-emotional,
  • most hard hearted,
  • thick skinned,
  • most stiffnecked,
  • un emotional,
  • tough nut crack,
  • most stiff-necked,
  • thickskinned,
  • more stiff-necked,
  • more bullhead,
  • most bullhead,
  • most unimpressible,
  • more hard-hearted,
  • most hard-hearted,
  • hard hearted,
  • stiffnecked,
  • stiff necked,
  • un-impressible,
  • un impressible,
  • un-compassionate,
  • most stiff necked,
  • more stiffnecked,
  • un compassionate.
  •obstinate (adjective)
  • bovine,
  • tenacious,
  • hidebound,
  • obstinate,
  • pertinacious,
  • opinionative,
  • contrary,
  • bigoted,
  • refractory,
  • brass-bound,
  • mulish,
  • adamant,
  • uncompromising.
  •opinionated (adjective)
  • self-assertive,
  • seton,
  • set-on,
  • weighted,
  • set on,
  • highhanded,
  • high-handed,
  • tilted.
  •ornery (adjective)
  • froward.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • buckram,
  • tough,
  • obdurate,
  • hang-tough,
  • close-grained,
  • incompressible,
  • pre-cast,
  • arthritic,
  • unbendable,
  • inflexible,
  • sturdy,
  • tough nut,
  • difficult,
  • undeviating,
  • bullhead,
  • ever-present,
  • Impliable,
  • set in one's ways,
  • neverending,
  • unintimidated,
  • tight,
  • stiff-necked,
  • protracted,
  • set in concrete,
  • immotile,
  • unrelenting,
  • out of line,
  • Caked,
  • unsurmountable,
  • inexorable,
  • hardnosed,
  • do or die,
  • hard-core,
  • unadaptable,
  • ferric,
  • perverse,
  • willful,
  • no going back,
  • restive,
  • hang in,
  • set,
  • creaky,
  • Unimpressible,
  • Perseverant,
  • by the book,
  • unregenerate,
  • pigheaded,
  • precast,
  • coldblooded,
  • without pity,
  • hold the fort,
  • firm,
  • dead set,
  • strong,
  • invincible,
  • hard core,
  • unsentimental,
  • inalterable,
  • hold ground,
  • Pig-headed,
  • Incompliant,
  • Iron-fisted,
  • having a killer instinct,
  • inhumane,
  • Steeler,
  • inelastic,
  • hardbitten,
  • uncompliant,
  • strong arm,
  • unattackable,
  • contumacious,
  • powerhouse,
  • non-stop,
  • undefeatable,
  • untoward,
  • all-or-nothing,
  • tyrannic,
  • nonporous,
  • resistant,
  • ruthless,
  • like death and taxes,
  • mullish,
  • un-regenerate,
  • bulletproof,
  • self-willed,
  • longstanding,
  • unceasing,
  • stiff as a board,
  • round the clock,
  • rigid,
  • mule,
  • head-strong,
  • implacable,
  • unblinking,
  • resolute,
  • indocile,
  • Calcified,
  • perseverative,
  • bull-headed,
  • Hard-hearted,
  • never-failing,
  • tough as nails,
  • locked-in,
  • Unpliable,
  • unwaivering,
  • tough nut to crack,
  • built to last,
  • grim,
  • Conglomerated,
  • relentless,
  • iron,
  • die hard,
  • hard-line,
  • mean machine,
  • lingering,
  • hard-shelled,
  • sticking to one's guns,
  • dead set on,
  • hard shell,
  • ferrous,
  • decided,
  • strong-willed,
  • locked in,
  • authoritarian,
  • stand one's ground,
  • day and night,
  • wooden,
  • ironfisted,
  • dogged,
  • unbending,
  • stick to guns,
  • creakier,
  • hell bent on,
  • fine-grained,
  • day-and-night,
  • stiff,
  • brassbound,
  • unshrinking,
  • strong-minded,
  • merciless,
  • ruffianly,
  • unabating,
  • Unrepenting,
  • tightly drawn,
  • tough-nut,
  • go for broke,
  • rheumatic,
  • singleminded,
  • set in stone,
  • Unflexible,
  • Starched,
  • misfortunate,
  • uncontrite,
  • chronic.
  •perverse (adjective)
  • de generate,
  • un healthy,
  • dis obedient,
  • un healthier,
  • un healthiest,
  • un-healthy,
  • de-generate,
  • badtempered,
  • un-reasonable,
  • un-healthiest,
  • dis-obedient,
  • bad tempered,
  • un reasonable.
  •pig-headed (adjective)
  • pig headed.
  •pitiless (adjective)
  • cruel.
  •puissant (adjective)
  • puissant.
  •refractory (adjective)
  • un-responsive,
  • un responsive.
  •relentless (adjective)
  • in-human,
  • more unstoppable,
  • most hang-tough,
  • more hangtough,
  • in human,
  • most unstoppable,
  • most hangtough,
  • more hang tough,
  • more hang-tough,
  • hangtough,
  • un stoppable,
  • un-stoppable,
  • stop nothing,
  • most hang tough,
  • unstoppable,
  • stop at nothing.
  •remorseless (adjective)
  • in-sensitive,
  • more unrepenting,
  • in tolerant,
  • un remitting,
  • most unrepenting,
  • un contrite,
  • in sensitive,
  • most unregenerate,
  • un regenerate,
  • un repenting,
  • un-repenting,
  • more unregenerate,
  • hard bitten,
  • most uncontrite,
  • un-remitting,
  • more uncontrite,
  • un-contrite.
  •resistant (adjective)
  • Resisting,
  • Renitent.
  •rigid (adjective)
  • un-permissive,
  • in variable,
  • strait laced,
  • in-variable,
  • more chiseled,
  • un-moving,
  • most unpermissive,
  • unpermissive,
  • de finite,
  • most chiseled,
  • un permissive,
  • more unpermissive,
  • un moving,
  • de-finite.
  •ruthless (adjective)
  • killer,
  • most killer,
  • cold blooded,
  • re vengeful,
  • re-vengeful,
  • more killer.
  •set (adjective)
  • hard fast,
  • located,
  • more situate,
  • most positioned,
  • more sited,
  • most situate,
  • Sited,
  • more positioned,
  • most sited,
  • hard and fast.
  •solid (adjective)
  • monolithic.
  •steadfast (adjective)
  • liege,
  • re-liabler,
  • re liablest,
  • in tense,
  • un-questioning,
  • trueblue,
  • in-tensest,
  • re-liable,
  • un-swerving,
  • un questioning,
  • un swerving,
  • in tenser,
  • re-liablest,
  • in-tenser,
  • true-blue,
  • re liabler,
  • in-tense,
  • steadfast.
  •steadfast, resolute (adjective)
  • solid,
  • Immalleable,
  • single-minded,
  • unmovable,
  • fixed,
  • determined,
  • unwavering.
  •stern (adjective)
  • by book,
  • more mortified,
  • stern,
  • most mortified.
  •stiff (adjective)
  • un suppler,
  • unsupple,
  • most numbed,
  • most contracted,
  • most arthritic,
  • more impliable,
  • most immalleable,
  • more chilled,
  • most annealed,
  • most rheumatic,
  • un flexible,
  • most unflexible,
  • un-flexible,
  • more thickened,
  • be-numbed,
  • creakiest,
  • most starched,
  • most impliable,
  • more unflexible,
  • more starched,
  • more numbed,
  • more buckram,
  • un-supple,
  • more annealed,
  • unsuppler,
  • most chilled,
  • un supple,
  • be numbed,
  • more rheumatic,
  • more immalleable,
  • un graceful,
  • un-supplest,
  • most buckram,
  • most thickened,
  • stiff as board,
  • unsupplest,
  • more contracted,
  • un-suppler,
  • un-graceful,
  • more arthritic,
  • un supplest.
  •strong (adjective)
  • well-made,
  • take charge,
  • in fine feather,
  • well-built,
  • heavy-duty,
  • hard as nails,
  • well-founded,
  • iron-willed.
  •strong-willed (adjective)
  • most mullish,
  • strong willed,
  • more mullish,
  • strongwilled.
  •sturdy (adjective)
  • more strong arm,
  • built last,
  • most powerhouse,
  • most strong arm,
  • more strongarm,
  • most strongarm,
  • more powerhouse,
  • more strong-arm,
  • most strong-arm,
  • strongarm.
  •taut (adjective)
  • more flexed,
  • most flexed,
  • more stressed,
  • most stressed,
  • most stretched,
  • more stretched.
  •tight (adjective)
  • skintight,
  • close-fitting.
  •tough (adjective)
  • more cohesive,
  • more ruffianly,
  • no piece cake,
  • with-standing,
  • most hardshelled,
  • most hard-shelled,
  • more hardshelled,
  • most molded,
  • in digestible,
  • more withstanding,
  • most cohesive,
  • more hard shelled,
  • most hard shelled,
  • in-digestible,
  • no piece of cake,
  • more molded,
  • most ruffianly,
  • hard shelled,
  • most withstanding,
  • more hard-shelled,
  • with standing,
  • hardshelled.
  •unbendable (adjective)
  • un-bendable,
  • un bendable.
  •unbending (adjective)
  • re-served,
  • do die,
  • sticking ones guns,
  • sticking to ones guns,
  • sticking to guns,
  • sticking guns,
  • standing one's ground,
  • re served,
  • sticking to one guns,
  • hold one ground,
  • un bending,
  • un-bending,
  • standing ones ground,
  • hold fort,
  • standing ground,
  • sticking one guns,
  • hold ones ground,
  • standing one ground,
  • sticking one's guns,
  • hold line.
  •unbowed (adjective)
  • unbowed.
  •unbreakable (adjective)
  • nonbreakable,
  • infrangible,
  • shatterproof,
  • indestructible,
  • non-breakable.
  •unceasing (adjective)
  • most day and night,
  • more day and night,
  • un ceasing,
  • un ending,
  • never ending,
  • un-ending,
  • more day-and-night,
  • most day-and-night,
  • un interrupted,
  • un-ceasing.
  •uncompliant (adjective)
  • un-compliant,
  • un compliant.
  •unconquerable (adjective)
  • indefeasible,
  • inexpugnable,
  • irrepressible.
  •unflinching (adjective)
  • un-shrinking,
  • most unblinking,
  • un shrinking,
  • most unintimidated,
  • most unshrinking,
  • un-intimidated,
  • un intimidated,
  • more unblinking,
  • more unintimidated,
  • un flinching,
  • un-flinching,
  • un blinking,
  • un-blinking,
  • more unshrinking.
  •unrelenting (adjective)
  • Hard-headed,
  • brick wall,
  • unabated,
  • brick-wall.
  •unruly (adjective)
  • dis-orderly,
  • in-corrigible,
  • out line,
  • in-temperate,
  • in temperate,
  • out control,
  • dis orderly,
  • in corrigible.
  •untoward (adjective)
  • in-auspicious,
  • un-luckier,
  • illstarred,
  • in-convenient,
  • mis-fortunate,
  • un happier,
  • mis fortunate,
  • un fortunate,
  • Star-crossed,
  • star crossed,
  • un-fortunate,
  • un favorable,
  • in auspicious,
  • un propitious,
  • most misfortunate,
  • in-opportune,
  • un luckiest,
  • un-happy,
  • un happy,
  • un-lucky,
  • un timely,
  • un timeliest,
  • un timelier,
  • in opportune,
  • un happiest,
  • in convenient,
  • un lucky,
  • un-timely,
  • un-favorable,
  • un luckier,
  • more misfortunate,
  • un-timelier,
  • ill starred,
  • starcrossed,
  • un-timeliest.
  •unwilling (adjective)
  • indisposed,
  • unhelpful,
  • uncooperative,
  • unconsenting,
  • noncooperative,
  • disinclined,
  • balky,
  • averse,
  • hesitant,
  • reluctant,
  • opposed,
  • defiant,
  • irreconcilable,
  • recalcitrant,
  • loath,
  • uncomplying,
  • non-consenting,
  • squeamish,
  • unwilling.
  •wooden (adjective)
  • in elegant,
  • un gainly,
  • un handiest,
  • un gainliest,
  • heavyhanded,
  • un-gainly,
  • un handy,
  • in-elegant,
  • un gainlier,
  • heavy handed,
  • unhandier,
  • unhandiest,
  • un-handy,
  • un handier,
  • Unhandy,
  • un-handier.

• n.

  •
  • unforgiving,
  • austere.
  •
  • purpose.
  •
  • harsh,
  • strict,
  • easy.
  •
  • resist,
  • remorseless.
  •bulldog (noun)
  • bulldog.
  •dour (noun)
  • dour.
  •granitic (noun)
  • granitic.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • characteristic,
  • conservative,
  • hard,
  • behaviour,
  • property.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rock-hard,
  • adamantine,
  • marble,
  • stiffly,
  • tough love,
  • hardline,
  • stringent,
  • erectile,
  • rigor.
  •
  • exacting,
  • intransigent,
  • repulsive,
  • die-hard,
  • concrete,
  • solidity,
  • rock-solid,
  • impenetrable,
  • packed,
  • strident,
  • permanent.
  •
  • erect,
  • hardened,
  • rebellious,
  • demanding,
  • severe.
  •bigoted
  • opinionated.
  •bony
  • osseous.
  •discouraging
  • hopeless.
  •indestructible
  • unbreakable.
  •stretched
  • taut.
  •without end
  • eternal.

Paraphrases for Unyielding:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unswerving, unrelenting, unfailing, abiding, unbreakable, staunch, unbroken, stiff.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Refusing, hardening, unrelenting, unfailing, abiding.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unwavering, uncompromising, unshakeable, unflinching, unshakable, rigid, steadfast, single-minded, tough, adamant.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    unwavering, uncompromising, unswerving, unflinching.

Antonyms for Unyielding:

• adj.

  • steadfast, resolute
    Surrendering, giving, soft, kind, merciful, yielding, pliant, compassionate, cooperative, pliable, sympathetic, nice, submissive, flexible.
  • Other antonyms:
    accepting, malleable, obliging, permeable, light, spineless, receptive, reasonable, thin, plastic, wavering, temperate, slack, agreeable, complaisant, floppy, willing, irresolute, softening, slavish, persuadable, bendable, lank, responsive, complying, invertebrate, scattered, droopy, flaccid, semisoft, governable, subservient, airy, slackening, teachable, loose, porous, workable, undecided, limp, elastic, impotent, weak, gentle, dutiful, placable.