Synonyms for intransigent
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Inflexible
inflexible, uncompromising, obstinate, stubborn, adamant, recalcitrant, intractable, unbending, unyielding, adamantine, tenacious, rigid, immovable, inexorable, grim, obdurate, resolute, steadfast, headstrong, persistent, unrelenting, staunch, stanch US
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
Near-synonyms: intractable; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
Related words
- Other spellings
- intransigeant
Example sentences
- stubborn I'm not stubborn; i'm just always right, thats it.
- uncompromising We have to be uncompromising on Algeria's national unity.
- inflexible As one grows older they also become more inflexible.
- obstinate I've heard that Tom and Mary are quite obstinate.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intransigent | falling | |
| stubborn | rising | |
| uncompromising | steady | |
| inflexible | steady | |
| obstinate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- grim1
- 5 letters
- rigid2
- 6 letters
- stanch1
- 7 letters
- adamant3, staunch1
- 8 letters
- stubborn2, resolute3, obdurate3
- 9 letters
- steadfast2, tenacious3, immovable4, obstinate3, unbending3
- 10 letters
- persistent3, inflexible4, unyielding3, headstrong2, inexorable5, adamantine
- 11 letters
- intractable4, unrelenting4
- 12 letters
- recalcitrant4
- 14 letters
- uncompromising5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intransigeant
- Italiano
- intransigente
- Español
- intransigente
- Deutsch
- intransigent