intransigent
Refusing any compromise
Intransigent means stubbornly unwilling to compromise or change one's position.
An intransigent negotiator refuses to budge; intransigent factions make peace impossible.
The word carries more weight than merely stubborn—it suggests principled or ideological rigidity: The union remained intransigent on wages.
Sometimes admiring, more often critical.
Unable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- implacableIncapable of being pacified
inexorable · unadaptable · unaccommodating · unamenable · intractable · hardline · dogmatic · doctrinaire
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
pigheaded · obdurate · hardheaded · pertinacious · recalcitrant · contrary · uncooperative · defiant
Refusing to give way
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- unshakeableImpossible to disturb
immovable · firm · tenacious · dogged · persistent · unswerving · unflinching · indomitable
Strict policy advocate
- diehardStubbornly committed supporter
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
reactionary · ideologue · partisan · militant · radical · purist · maximalist · uncompromising
rigid
Unable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
implacable · inexorable · unadaptable · unaccommodating · unamenable · intractable · hardline · dogmatic · doctrinaire · hidebound
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
willful · pigheaded · obdurate · hardheaded · pertinacious · recalcitrant · contrary · uncooperative · defiant · refractory
unyielding
Refusing to give way
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
unshakeable · immovable · firm · tenacious · dogged · persistent · unswerving · unflinching · indomitable · iron-willed
hardliner
Strict policy advocate
fundamentalist · reactionary · ideologue · partisan · militant · radical · purist · maximalist · uncompromising · absolutist
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- hardheadshardhead, mule, bullhead, donkey, hardliner
- unwillingreluctant, hesitant, resistant, averse, disinclined
- intolerantbigoted, biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, intolerant
intransigentflexible
Able to bend freely
compromising · accommodating · yielding · amenable · conciliatory
intransigentcompliant
Yielding to others' wishes
tractable · pliant · pliable · acquiescent · docile
intransigentpersuadable
Able to be convinced
open-minded · receptive · tractable · malleable · impressionable