hardheaded

The word “hardheaded” has 3 syllables: hard-head-ed

It's pronounced as /ˌhɑrdˈhɛdɪd/

What is synonym and antonym for hardheaded?

In the thesaurus, “hardheaded” has 187 synonyms and 101 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hardheaded along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for hardheaded

adamant
adamantine
agile
alert
anal-retentive
apt
artful
astute
bloody-minded
bottom-line
brainy
bright
brilliant
bullheaded
cagey
cagy
calculating
canny
cantankerous
clear-eyed
clear-sighted
clever
commonsensical
confirmed
contrary
contumacious
cool
crafty
cunning
cussed
cynical
deaf to reason
defiant
demanding
determined
devious
discerning
discriminating
discriminative
disillusioned
disobedient
distrustful
dodgy
dogged
down-to-earth
earthy
exacting
experienced
firm
foxy
froward
grounded
guileful
hang-tough
hard
hard-boiled
hard-edged
hard-headed
hard-line
hard-nosed
hard-shell
hard-shelled
hardened
headstrong
heady
hell-bent
hidebound
idealless
immovable
implacable
inconvincible
indomitable
inexorable
inflexible
ingenious
insightful
insubordinate
insurgent
intelligent
intractable
intransigent
inveterate
invincible
iron
keen
knowing
level-headed
levelheaded
locked-in
logical
matter-of-fact
misanthropic
mistrustful
mulish
mutinous
narrow-minded
nimble
no-nonsense
obdurate
obsessive
obstinate
opinionated
ossified
pat
pawky
perceptive
percipient
persistent
perspicacious
pertinacious
perverse
pessimistic
philistine
pigheaded
practical
pragmatic
pragmatical
quick
quick-witted
rational
realistic
reasonable
recalcitrant
refractory
relentless
resolute
resolved
resourceful
rigid
sagacious
sage
sane
sapient
savvy
scheming
self-opinionated
self-willed
sensible
set
severe
sharp
sharp-eyed
sharp-sighted
sharp-witted
shrewd
single-minded
skeptical
slick
sly
smart
sober
sobersided
sound
standpat
steadfast
stern
stiff-necked
stouthearted
strict
stubborn
subtle
suspicious
tenacious
tough
tough-minded
tricky
unbending
uncompromising
unconquerable
uncooperative
unflinching
ungovernable
unmanageable
unregenerate
unrelenting
unromantic
unruly
unsentimental
unyielding
utilitarian
veteran
wayward
wilful
willful
wily
wise
wrongheaded

Antonyms for hardheaded

accepting
acquiescent
agreeable
airheaded
amenable
artless
birdbrained
blue-sky
brain-dead
brainless
cheerful
compliant
complying
dense
dim-witted
docile
dopey
dopy
dull
dumb
empty-headed
exploitable
fanciful
fantastic
fantastical
feebleminded
flexible
foolish
gormless
governable
guileless
gullable
gullible
half-baked
half-witted
idealistic
idiotic
idiotical
ignorant
illogical
imaginative
imbecile
imbecilic
impractical
ingenuous
innocent
insane
irrational
knuckleheaded
lamebrain
lamebrained
lunkheaded
manageable
moronic
naive
obedient
obtuse
optimistic
persuadable
placable
pliable
pliant
reasonable
receptive
relenting
responsive
romantic
rose-colored
sentimental
silly
simple
slavish
slow
slow-witted
softheaded
stupid
submissive
subservient
temperate
theoretic
theoretical
thick-witted
thickheaded
thoughtless
tractable
trustful
trusting
uninformed
unintelligent
unknowing
unperceptive
unrealistic
unreasonable
unsuspicious
unwise
utopian
visionary
weak-minded
willing
witless
yielding

Meanings of hardheaded

adjective
1. Stubborn; wilful.
2. Realistic; pragmatic.

Example Sentences

She’s too hardheaded to admit she made a mistake.
His hardheaded approach often causes tension in the team.
They described the negotiator as practical and hardheaded.
Even when the facts are clear, he remains hardheaded.
A hardheaded attitude can be useful in business, but damaging in relationships.

On this page you'll find 288 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hardheaded, such as: accepting, acquiescent, adamant, adamantine, agile, agreeable, airheaded.

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