Synonyms for headstrong
- adjective
Most common
stubborn self-willed willful US obstinate hard-headed obsessive
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Stubborn
stubborn, obstinate, self-willed, willful US, wilful UK, unyielding, dogged, wayward, sullen, disobedient, unruly, stiff-necked, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, refractory, intractable, ungovernable, perverse, contrary, mulish, pertinacious, tenacious
Other
hard-headed, obsessive, rash, heady, rampant, precipitate, pig-headed, bull headed
Definitions
- adj. 1
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.
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The headstrong person is not to be stopped in his own course of action, while the obstinate and stubborn is not to be driven to another's way. The headstrong act; the obstinate and stubborn may simply refuse to stir.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- stubborn I'm not stubborn; i'm just always right, thats it.
- willful Your willful disobedience is what got you here.
- obstinate I've heard that Tom and Mary are quite obstinate.
- obsessive Ziri developed an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
By length
- 4 letters
- rash1
- 5 letters
- rigid2, heady2
- 6 letters
- unruly3, dogged1, wilful, sullen2, mulish
- 7 letters
- rampant2, willful2, wayward2
- 8 letters
- contrary3, stubborn2, perverse2, obdurate3
- 9 letters
- obsessive3, tenacious3, obstinate3
- 10 letters
- inflexible4, refractory4, unyielding3
- 11 letters
- intractable4, precipitate4, disobedient5
- 12 letters
- ungovernable5, pertinacious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigid2 = 2 syllables).