hardheaded as an adjective: - 1
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hardheaded
adjective
1 hardheaded
Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack.
synonym: mulish.
Roget 498:
intelligent
[Applied to persons],
quick of apprehension,
keen,
acute,
alive,
brainy,
awake,
bright,
quick,
sharp;
quick witted,
keen witted,
clear witted,
sharp-eyed,
sharp sighted,
sharp witted;
wide-awake;
canny,
shrewd,
astute;
clear-headed;
farsighted
etc.
510;
discerning,
perspicacious,
penetrating,
piercing;
argute†;
quick-witted,
nimble-witted,
needle-witted;
sharp as a needle,
sharp as a tack;
alive to
etc.
(cognizant)
490;
clever
etc.
(apt)
698;
arch
etc.
(cunning)
702;
pas si bete [Fr.];
acute
etc.
682.
wise,
sage,
sapient,
sagacious,
reasonable,
rational,
sound,
in one's right mind,
sensible,
abnormis sapiens [Lat.],
judicious,
strong-minded.
unprejudiced,
unbiased,
unbigoted†,
unprepossessed†;
undazzled†,
unperplexed†;
unwarped judgment†,
impartial,
equitable,
fair.
cool;
cool-headed,
long-headed,
hardheaded,
strong-headed;
long-sighted,
calculating,
thoughtful,
reflecting;
solid,
deep,
profound.
oracular;
heaven-directed,
heaven-born.
prudent
etc.
(cautious)
864;
sober,
stand,
solid;
considerate,
politic,
wise in one's generation;
watchful
etc.
459;
provident
etc.
(prepared)
673;
in advance of one' age;
wise as a serpent,
wise as Solomon,
wise as Solon.
[Applied to actions]
wise,
sensible,
reasonable,
judicious;
well-thought-out,
well-planned,
well-judged,
well-advised;
prudent,
politic;
expedient
etc.
646.
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Polish: twardogłowy
2 hardheaded
Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory:
— A hardheaded appraisal of our position.
synonyms: hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic.
Polish: pragmatyczny
Moby thesaurus: balking, balky, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, dogged, dogmatic, down-to-earth, earthy, fanatic, hard, hard-boiled, headstrong, hoaxproof, intolerant, matter-of-fact, mulish, not born yesterday, obstinate, opinionated, overzealous, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, positivistic, practical, practical-minded, pragmatic, rational, realist, realistic, reasonable, restive, sane, scientific, scientistic, secular, self-willed, sensible, set, sober, sober-minded, sophisticated, sound, sound-thinking, stiff-necked, straight-thinking, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, tough-minded, uncooperative, uncullible, undeceivable, undeludable, undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable, unideal, unidealistic, unregenerate, unromantic, unseduceable, unsentimental, willful, wise, worldly ... show more.
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