hardheads
People refusing compromise
Hardheads are people who are stubborn or difficult to persuade—their heads resist new ideas as if made of hard material.
The term can be neutral or mildly critical depending on context: Those hardheads in management won't listen to reason.
In fishing, hardhead refers to various species with bony skulls, including certain catfish and croakers.
Firmly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
dogged · willful · intransigent · obdurate · uncompromising · resolute · persistent · mulish
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
adamant · dogged · willful · intransigent · obdurate · uncompromising · resolute · persistent · mulish · pertinacious
croaker
Fish producing grunting sounds
coastal · angler · bait · tackle · fishing · marine · gulf · scales · fins · gills
hardheadspushovers
Those easily persuaded
softies · yielders · accommodators · conformists · yes-men
hardheadssofties
Overly sentimental people
weaklings · shrinking violets · wilting flowers · soft touches · bleeding hearts
hardheadsdreamers
Those with ambitious visions
idealists · romantics · utopians · visionaries · wishful thinkers
hardheaded, hardhearted, hardheadedness, hardhead, hardheartedness, hardheartedly