| Main Entry: | willful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn, obstinate |
Synonyms: |
adamant, bullheaded, contumacious, determined, dogged, fractious, froward, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, refractory, resolved, self-willed, stiff-necked, uncompromising, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
flexible, willing, yielding |
| Main Entry: | willful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | voluntary |
Synonyms: |
conscious, contemplated, deliberate, designed, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, purposeful, studied, unforced, volitional, willed, willing, witting |
Antonyms: |
involuntary, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | arbitrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | whimsical, chance |
Synonyms: |
approximate, capricious, discretionary, erratic, fanciful, frivolous, inconsistent, injudicious, irrational, irresponsible, offhand, optional, random, subjective, supercilious, superficial, unaccountable, unreasonable, unscientific, wayward, willful |
Antonyms: |
circumspect, rational, reasonable, reasoned, supported |
| Main Entry: | conscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
Synonyms: |
affected, calculated, deliberate, knowing, mannered, premeditated, rational, reasoning, reflective, responsible, self-conscious, studied, willful |
| Notes: | conscience is the noun meaning 'a sense of right and wrong' while conscious is the adjective meaning 'aware of something, being awake' |
Antonyms: |
indifferent, not deliberate, unconscious, unfeeling, unintentional, unstudied |
| Main Entry: | considered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deliberate, thought-out |
Synonyms: |
advised, aforethought, contemplated, designed, designful, examined, express, given due consideration, gone into, intentional, investigated, mediated, premeditated, prepense, studied, studious, thought-about, thought-through, treated, voluntary, weighed, well advised, well chosen, willful |
Antonyms: |
disregarded, forgotten, neglected, unplanned, unstudied |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
Synonyms: |
advised, aforethought, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried, designed, designful, done on purpose, express, fixed, intended, judged, meticulous, planned, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, predetermined, premeditated, prepense, projected, provident, prudent, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, scrupulous, studied, studious, thought out, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, weighed, willful, with forethought, witting |
Antonyms: |
chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unmethodical, unsystematic, unwitting |
| Main Entry: | disobedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defiant, mischievous |
Synonyms: |
contrary, contumacious, disorderly, fractious, froward, headstrong, insubordinate, intractable, naughty, noncompliant, nonobservant, obstreperous, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, resistive, uncompliant, undisciplined, unruly, wayward, willful |
Antonyms: |
accepting, behaving, nice, obedient, observant, submitting |
| Main Entry: | fanatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
biased, bigoted, bugged, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, high on, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, monomaniacal, narrow-minded, nuts for, obsessed, obsessive, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, turned on, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | hard-nosed/hardheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
Synonyms: |
astute, bullheaded, hard*, hard-boiled, headstrong, intractable, levelheaded, locked in, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, practical, pragmatic, rational, realistic, resolute, sensible, shrewd, sober, stand pat, tough, tough-nut, unsentimental, unyielding, willful |
Antonyms: |
easy, easy-going, laid-back, merciful |
| Main Entry: | headstrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
Synonyms: |
bullheaded, contrary, determined, foolhardy, froward, hard-core, hard-nosed, hard-shell, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, locked-in, mule, mulish, murder, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed, rash, reckless, refractory, self-willed, strong-minded, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding, willful |
Antonyms: |
calm, docile, moderate, obedient, submissive, tolerant |