| Main Entry: | intransigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
Synonyms: |
adamant, inflexible, obstinate, resolute, stubborn, tenacious |
| Notes: | intractable means stubborn or obstinate; intransigent is this, but implies being more intense and refusing to compromise or change |
| Main Entry: | adamant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unyielding |
Synonyms: |
determined, firm, fixed, hanging tough, hard-nosed, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, pat, relentless, resolute, rigid, set, set in stone, standing pat, stiff, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable, unswayable |
Antonyms: |
flexible, pliant, submissive, yielding |
| Main Entry: | contumacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | headstrong, obstinate |
Synonyms: |
alienated, contrary, disaffected, estranged, factious, froward, haughty, inflexible, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, intransigent, irreconcilable, mutinous, obdurate, perverse, pig-headed, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, seditious, stubborn, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
following, obedient, subordinate, tractable, willing |
| Main Entry: | die-hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
Synonyms: |
Philistine, Tory, conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, firm, fogyish, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, old-line, orthodox, reactionary, right, standpat, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed |
Antonyms: |
compromising, conceding, flexible |
| Main Entry: | diehard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic person |
Synonyms: |
Bourbon, Tory, bitter ender, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist, fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, intransigent, mossback, old liner, praetorian, pullback, reactionary, right, right-winger, rightist, standpat, standpatter, stick-in-the-mud, true blue, ultraconservative, zealot |
| Main Entry: | hard-core |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated |
Synonyms: |
determined, devoted, die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool, explicit, extreme, faithful, intransigent, obstinate, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, uncompromising, unwaivering, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
indulgent, mild, moderate, soft-core, tolerant, undedicated |
| Main Entry: | immovable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, stubborn |
Synonyms: |
adamant, constant, dead set on, dug in, fast, firm, hard-nosed, immobile, immotile, immutable, impassive, inflexible, intransigent, locked in, motionless, obdurate, quiescent, resolute, rooted, secure, set, set in concrete, set in stone, solid, stable, stand pat, stationary, steadfast, stick to guns, stuck, tough nut, unalterable, unchangeable, uncompromising, unmodifiable, unshakable, unwavering, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
mobile, movable, moving, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | intractable /intransigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, stubborn |
Synonyms: |
awkward, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrary, hang tough, hard-line, headstrong, immovable, incompliant, incurable, indocile, indomitable, insoluble, locked in, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, self-willed, set in stone, tenacious, tough, tough-nut, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpliable, unruly, unyielding, wayward, wild, willful |
Antonyms: |
amenable, easy, facile, manageable |
| Main Entry: | irreconcilable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, conflicting |
Synonyms: |
clashing, diametrically opposed, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, hard-line, implacable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inexorable, inflexible, inharmonious, intransigent, opposed, reluctant, unappeasable, uncompromising, unfriendly |
Antonyms: |
compromising, friendly, reconcilable |
| Main Entry: | obstinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn, determined |
Synonyms: |
adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, dead set on, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, locked in, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, opinionative, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, self-willed, steadfast, strong-minded, tenacious, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, amenable, cooperative, flexible, helpful, submissive, willing, yielding |