headstrong
Refusing all counsel
Headstrong describes someone determined to do things their own way, resistant to advice or direction.
The word carries a note of disapproval—a headstrong person may be admirably independent but is more often recklessly willful: Her headstrong daughter refused to listen to reason.
The image is of someone who leads with their head, charging forward regardless of obstacles or warnings.
Resisting authority or control
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- unrulyDifficult to control
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- waywardStubbornly self-willed
contrary · unmanageable · insubordinate · ungovernable · refractory · self-willed · willful · perverse
Firmly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- doggedStubbornly persevering
- obdurateStubbornly refusing to change
intransigent · unbending · immovable · uncompromising · unrelenting · resistant · contrary · hardheaded
Heedless or skin irritation
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
brash · heedless · precipitate · careless · unthinking · incautious · hot-blooded · daring
Fixed in purpose
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
driven · purposeful · relentless · ambitious · committed · dedicated · focused · persevering
rebellious
Resisting authority or control
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- unrulyDifficult to control
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
wayward · contrary · unmanageable · insubordinate · ungovernable · refractory · self-willed · willful · perverse · fractious
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- doggedStubbornly persevering
obdurate · intransigent · unbending · immovable · uncompromising · unrelenting · resistant · contrary · hardheaded · stiff-necked
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
foolhardy · brash · heedless · precipitate · careless · unthinking · incautious · hot-blooded · daring · audacious
resolute
Fixed in purpose
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
steadfast · driven · purposeful · relentless · ambitious · committed · dedicated · focused · persevering · indomitable
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, bullheadedness, mulishness, hardheadedness
- toddler behaviortantrums, whining, pouting, saying no, defiance
- oppositionopponent, adversary, rival, foe, enemy
- oppressivestifling, suffocating, smothering, crushing, repressive
- fire signsAries, Leo, Sagittarius, fire element, ram
headstrongdocile
Easily controlled or taught
obedient · submissive · compliant · tractable · biddable
headstrongcautious
Careful to avoid risk
prudent · circumspect · deliberate · careful · measured
headway, headfirst, pigheaded, hotheaded, pigheadedness, hotheadedly, hotheadedness, forehead, heading