'Headstrong' definitions:
Definition of 'headstrong'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful]
Definition of 'Headstrong'
From: GCIDE
- Headstrong \Head"strong`\ (-str[o^]ng`; 115), a.
- 1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. [1913 Webster]
- Now let the headstrong boy my will control. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy; as, a headstrong course. --Dryden.
- Syn: Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; untractable; stubborn; unruly; venturesome; heady. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'headstrong'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- balking,
- balky,
- bigoted,
- bulldogged,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- case-hardened,
- disobedient,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- fanatic,
- hardheaded,
- heady,
- insubordinate,
- intolerant,
- irresponsible,
- lawless,
- licentious,
- mulish,
- mutinous,
- obstinate,
- opinionated,
- overzealous,
- persevering,
- pertinacious,
- pigheaded,
- rampant,
- refractory,
- reinless,
- restive,
- self-willed,
- set,
- stiff-necked,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- tenacious,
- unaccountable,
- unbridled,
- unchecked,
- uncontrolled,
- uncooperative,
- uncurbed,
- undisciplined,
- ungoverned,
- unregenerate,
- unreined,
- unrestrained,
- wildcat,
- willful,
- wrongheaded