hardheaded

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
• guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
  • "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"

Adj

• Stubborn; wilful.
• Realistic; pragmatic.

Synonyms

adamant, ardent, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, irrefragable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, practical, pragmatic, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful

Related Words

boneheaded, hardhat, hardhead, thickheaded