'obstinate' definitions:
Definition of 'obstinate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate] [ant: docile]
adjective
adjective
Resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward]
verb
Persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
Synonyms of 'obstinate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adherent,
- adhesive,
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- alien,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- assiduous,
- balking,
- balky,
- beefy,
- bigoted,
- bloody-minded,
- bouncing,
- bound,
- bound and determined,
- bulldogged,
- bulldoggish,
- bulldoggy,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- case-hardened,
- clashing,
- clingy,
- closed to,
- closed-minded,
- committed,
- competitive,
- con,
- conflicting,
- constant,
- continuing,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- costive,
- counter,
- crabbed,
- cross,
- deaf,
- decided,
- decisive,
- dedicated,
- definite,
- determined,
- devoted,
- diligent,
- disaccordant,
- disobedient,
- dissentient,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- doughty,
- dour,
- earnest,
- enduring,
- enemy,
- faithful,
- fanatic,
- firm,
- fixed,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forcy,
- fractious,
- froward,
- full-blooded,
- full-strength,
- fundamentalist,
- gluey,
- glutinous,
- gummy,
- gutsy,
- gutty,
- hale,
- hard,
- hard as nails,
- hardheaded,
- hardy,
- headstrong,
- hearty,
- hefty,
- hidebound,
- hostile,
- husky,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- impersuadable,
- impersuasible,
- impervious,
- impliable,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indisciplined,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- inimical,
- insistent,
- intolerant,
- intractable,
- intransigent,
- invincible,
- iron,
- iron-hard,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- lasting,
- lawless,
- loyal,
- lusty,
- mighty,
- mulish,
- muscle-bound,
- naughty,
- negative,
- nervy,
- never-tiring,
- nonconforming,
- noncooperative,
- obdurate,
- obstipated,
- opinionated,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- orthodox,
- overthwart,
- overzealous,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- permanent,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- perverse,
- pigheaded,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preoccupied,
- procrustean,
- puissant,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- purposeful,
- rapt,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- recusant,
- red-blooded,
- refractory,
- relentless,
- renitent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- restive,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rival,
- robust,
- robustious,
- rockbound,
- rugged,
- sedulous,
- self-adhesive,
- self-willed,
- serious,
- set,
- sincere,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- sot,
- stable,
- stalwart,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- steely,
- stickable,
- sticky,
- stiff,
- stiff-necked,
- stony,
- stout,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strapping,
- strong,
- strong as brandy,
- strong as strong,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- sturdy,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- tacky,
- tenacious,
- tireless,
- tough,
- transgressive,
- unabating,
- unamenable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- uncomplying,
- uncompromising,
- unconquerable,
- uncooperative,
- undaunted,
- undisciplined,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unduteous,
- undutiful,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unfavorable,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unfriendly,
- unimpressionable,
- uninfluenceable,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unmovable,
- unmoving,
- unnodding,
- unpersuadable,
- unpliable,
- unpliant,
- unpropitious,
- unreceptive,
- unregenerate,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unresponsive,
- unsleeping,
- unsubmissive,
- unsuggestible,
- unsusceptible,
- unswayable,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- unyielding,
- utterly attentive,
- vigorous,
- violative,
- viscid,
- wayward,
- weariless,
- wholehearted,
- willful,
- withstanding,
- wrongheaded