Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Obstinacy

Nouns
  • obstinateness etc. adj.
  • obstinacy, tenacity
  • cussedness [U.S.]
  • perseverance etc. Resolution.Existence
  • immovability
  • old school
  • inflexibility etc. (hardness) Hardness
  • obduracy, obduration
  • dogged resolution
  • resolution etc. Resolution
  • ruling passion
  • blind side. self-will, contumacy, perversity
  • pervicacy, pervicacity
  • indocility. bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism
  • opiniatry, opiniativeness
  • fixed idea etc. (prejudgment) Misjudgment
  • fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania
  • opinionatedness opinionativeness. mule
  • opinionist, opinionatist, opiniator, opinator
  • stickler, dogmatist
  • bigot
  • zealot, enthusiast, fanatic.
Verbs
  • be obstinate etc. adj.
  • stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts
  • opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief
  • have one's own way etc. (will) Will
  • persist etc. (persevere) Resolution.Existence
  • have the last word, insist on having the last word. die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out.
Adjectives
  • obstinate, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate, casehardened
  • inflexible etc. (hard) Hardness
  • balky
  • immovable, unshakable, not to be moved
  • inert etc. Physical Inertness
  • unchangeable etc. Stability
  • inexorable etc. (determined) Resolution
  • mulish, obstinate as a mule, pig-headed. dogged
  • sullen, sulky
  • unmoved, uninfluenced unaffected. willful, self-willed, perverse
  • resty, restive, restiff
  • pervicacious, wayward, refractory, unruly
  • heady, headstrong
  • contumacious
  • crossgrained. arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted
  • prejudiced etc. Misjudgment
  • creed-bound
  • prepossessed, infatuated
  • stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted
  • hard-mouthed, hidebound
  • unyielding
  • impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible
  • unpersuadable
  • intractable, untractable
  • incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason
  • crotchety etc. Caprice.
Adverbs
  • obstinately etc. adj..
Phrases
  • no surrender