hardheadedness
Refusal to budge
Hardheadedness is stubborn practicality or resistance to changing one's mind.
The word can be positive—someone with hardheaded realism won't be swayed by wishful thinking: Her hardheadedness kept the project on budget.
But it often suggests excessive stubbornness: His hardheadedness made negotiation impossible.
The quality of being difficult to convince, for better or worse.
Refusing to change course
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
contrary · recalcitrant · obdurate · stiff-necked · intractable · cantankerous · ornery · perverse
Unable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- immovableIncapable of being shifted
intransigent · adamant · implacable · inexorable · unrelenting · unchangeable · fixed · stiff
Firmly committed to purpose
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
unwavering · unflinching · unshakable · dogged · persevering · single-minded · strong-willed · firm
stubborn
Refusing to change course
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
willful · contrary · recalcitrant · obdurate · stiff-necked · intractable · cantankerous · ornery · perverse · wayward
rigid
Unable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
immovable · intransigent · adamant · implacable · inexorable · unrelenting · unchangeable · fixed · stiff · iron-willed
determined
Firmly committed to purpose
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
persistent · unwavering · unflinching · unshakable · dogged · persevering · single-minded · strong-willed · firm · staunch
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
- closed-mindednessclosed-mindedness, close-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, inflexibility, rigidity
hardheadednessflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
open-mindedness · adaptability · receptiveness · pliability · mental flexibility
hardheadednesscompliance
Adhering to requirements
docility · submissiveness · acquiescence · obedience · yielding
hardheadednesssoftheadedness
Lack of mental sharpness
foolishness · naïveté · gullibility · impracticality · woolly-headedness
hard, head, hardness, headstrong, hardheaded, hardhead, hardheads