3.3.1.7 Stubborn

Use this domain for words related to being stubborn--to be unwilling to change a decision; to be unwilling to do something someone wants you to do; or to do what you want to do, even though other people do not want you to do it.

Louw Nida Codes: 
88B' Stubbornness
  • What words describe someone who is stubborn?
    stubborn, adamant, bull-headed, conservative, dogged, enduring, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, impenitent, incorrigible, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persistent, pig-headed, recalcitrant, relentless, stiff-necked, strong-willed, stubborn, as stubborn as a mule, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrepentant, unyielding, willful,
  • What words refer to a stubborn person?
    stubborn fool, mule, bulldog,
  • What words refer to being stubborn?
    refuse to obey/listen, won't listen to reason, stick to your guns,
  • What words refer to the quality of being stubborn?
    stubbornness, inflexibility, obstinacy, tenacity, stick-to-itiveness