hardhead

Won't budge type

A hardhead is someone stubborn or obstinate—a person whose head might as well be made of stone for all the good arguing does.

The term applies to various fish with bony skulls, including certain catfish and croakers.

In Australian slang, a hardhead is also a diving duck with a distinctively shaped head.

stubborn

obstinate

Firmly refusing to yield

headstrong · dogged · willful · adamant · unyielding · inflexible · tenacious · persistent · obdurate · uncompromising

fish

catfish

Barbeled freshwater bottom-feeder

  • freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
  • drumStruck percussion cylinder
  • croakerFish producing grunting sounds

Atlantic · Gulf · bottom-feeder · angling · bait · tackle · hook · catch · fillet · brackish

insult

blockhead

Stupid, foolish person

dimwit · fool · dolt · idiot · dope · nitwit · simpleton · dullard · knucklehead · thickhead

Categories
Opposites
stubbornness/flexibility

hardheadpushover

Easily defeated opponent

people-pleaser · softie · yes-man · doormat · fence-sitter

intelligence/mental capacity

hardheadgenius

Person of rare brilliance

brain · intellect · whiz · wizard · intellectual

toughness/resistance

hardheadpushover

Easily defeated opponent

softie · softy · weakling · wimp · easy mark

Family

hardheaded, hardhearted, hardheadedness, hardheartedness, hardheartedly, hardheads

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G