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Synonyms for bull headed

  • adjective

Most common

hard-headed pig-headed stubborn obstinate bullet-headed dogged refractory unyielding

All synonyms

Adjective

obstinate, tough, hard-headed, pig-headed, stubborn, bullet-headed, dogged, refractory, sullen, unyielding, unregenerate, persistent, rigid, perverse, self-willed, wayward, willful US, wilful UK, tenacious, intractable, headstrong, mulish, pertinacious

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Unreasonably stubborn.

    John was so bullheaded that he kept driving and refused to stop for directions, even after getting hopelessly lost.

Related words

Other spellings
bull-headed bullheaded

Example sentences

  • stubborn I'm not stubborn; i'm just always right, thats it.
  • obstinate I've heard that Tom and Mary are quite obstinate.
  • dogged His dogged efforts eventually paid off.

By length

5 letters
tough1, rigid2
6 letters
dogged1, wilful, sullen2, mulish
7 letters
wayward2, willful2
8 letters
stubborn2, perverse2
9 letters
tenacious3, obstinate3
10 letters
persistent3, refractory4, unyielding3, headstrong2
11 letters
intractable4
12 letters
unregenerate, pertinacious

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigid2 = 2 syllables).