| 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: | carved in stone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed |
Synonyms: |
established, etched in stone, firm, immutable, permanent, set in concrete, set in stone, unchangeable |
| Main Entry: | concrete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardened |
Synonyms: |
caked, calcified, cemented, compact, compressed, congealed, conglomerated, consolidated, dried, firm, indurate, monolithic, petrified, poured, precast, set, set in stone, solid, solidified, steeled, strong, unyielding |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
Antonyms: |
bending, flexible, pliable |
| 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: | inexorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, pitiless |
Synonyms: |
adamant, adamantine, bound, bound and determined, compulsory, dead set on, dogged, hard, harsh, hell bent on, immobile, immovable, implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, inflexible, ironclad, like death and taxes, locked in, mean business, merciless, necessary, no going back, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, remorseless, resolute, rigid, set in stone, severe, single-minded, stubborn, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unmovable, unrelenting, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
flexible, lenient, merciful, remorseful, yielding |
| 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: | obdurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pigheaded, stubborn |
Synonyms: |
adamant, bullhead, callous, cold fish, dogged, firm, fixed, hanging tough, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, indurate, inexorable, inflexible, iron, mean, mulish, obstinate, perverse, relentless, rigid, set in stone, stiff-necked, thick-skinned, tough, tough nut to crack, unbending, uncompassionate, uncompromising, uncooperative, unemotional, unfeeling, unimpressible, unrelenting, unshakable, unsympathetic, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
amenable, gentle, submissive, susceptible, yielding |
| Main Entry: | opinionated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing very strongly and conveying it |
Synonyms: |
adamant, arbitrary, assertive, biased, bigoted, bossy, bullheaded, cocksure, cocky*, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard-line, high-handed, inflexible, intransigent, locked in, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, oracular, overbearing, pigheaded, positive, pragmatic, pragmatical, prejudiced, self-assertive, set in stone, set-on, single-minded, stubborn, tilted, uncompromising, unyielding, weighted |
Antonyms: |
compromising, indifferent, open-minded |
| Main Entry: | permanent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, lasting |
Synonyms: |
abiding, changeless, continual, diurnal, durable, enduring, everlasting, fixed, for keeps, forever, forever and a day, immutable, imperishable, in for the long haul, indestructible, invariable, long-lasting, perdurable, perduring, perennial, perpetual, persistent, set, set in concrete, set in stone, stable, steadfast, unchanging, unfading |
Antonyms: |
ephemeral, temporary |
| Main Entry: | rigid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, strict, severe |
Synonyms: |
adamant, adamantine, austere, bullheaded, changeless, chiseled, dead set, definite, determined, exact, firm, fixed, hard, hard-line, harsh, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, invariable, locked in, obdurate, rigorous, set, set in stone, single-minded, solid, static, stern, strait-laced, stringent, tough nut to crack, unalterable, unbending, unbreakable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeviating, unmoving, unpermissive, unrelenting, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
bending, flexible, lenient, limber, pliable, pliant, soft, yielding |