self-willed as an adjective: - 1
self-willed
adjective
1 self-willed
Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
synonyms: froward, headstrong, wilful, willful.
Roget 606:
obstinate,
tenacious,
stubborn,
obdurate,
casehardened;
inflexible
etc.
(hard)
323;
balky;
immovable,
unshakable,
not to be moved;
inert
etc.
172;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
inexorable
etc.
(determined)
604;
mulish,
obstinate as a mule,
pig-headed.
dogged;
sullen,
sulky;
unmoved,
uninfluenced unaffected.
willful,
self-willed,
perverse;
resty†,
restive,
restiff†;
pervicacious†,
wayward,
refractory,
unruly;
heady,
headstrong;
entete [Fr.];
contumacious;
crossgrained†.
arbitrary,
dogmatic,
positive,
bigoted;
prejudiced
etc.
481;
creed-bound;
prepossessed,
infatuated;
stiff-backed,
stiff necked,
stiff hearted;
hard-mouthed,
hidebound;
unyielding;
impervious,
impracticable,
inpersuasible†;
unpersuadable;
intractable,
untractable†;
incorrigible,
deaf to advice,
impervious to reason;
crotchety
etc.
608.
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Moby thesaurus: balking, balky, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, contrary, contumacious, determined, difficult, disobedient, dogged, dogmatic, fanatic, forceful, froward, hardheaded, headstrong, heady, incorrigible, indisciplined, insubordinate, intolerant, intractable, irresponsible, lawless, licentious, mulish, mutinous, naughty, nonconforming, obstinate, opinionated, overzealous, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rampant, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, reinless, restive, set, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, transgressive, unaccountable, unbridled, unchecked, uncomplying, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, uncooperative, uncurbed, undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful, ungovernable, ungoverned, unmanageable, unregenerate, unreined, unrestrained, unruly, vexatious, violative, wayward, wildcat, willful ... show more.
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