| Main Entry: | intransigence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | resistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighting, opposition |
Synonyms: |
battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, impedance, impediment, impeding, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, warding off, watch, withstanding |
Antonyms: |
compliance, conforming, cooperation, submission |
| Main Entry: | tenacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diligence, stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
application, backbone, chutzpah*, clock, courage, determination, doggedness, firmness, grit, guts*, gutsiness, guttiness, heart*, inflexibility, intestinal fortitude, intransigence, moxie*, nerve, obduracy, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, spunk, starch, staunchness, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness, stomach*, strength of purpose, true grit, what it takes, willfulness |
Antonyms: |
indifference, irresolution, slackness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | grimness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obdu, obduracy |
| Main Entry: | imperviousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance |
Synonyms: |
battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, immunity, impedance, impediment, impeding, insusceptibility, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, unsusceptibility, warding off, watch, withstanding |
| Main Entry: | implacability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | implacableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | incompliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | incompliancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | inexorability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |