All hard-nosed synonyms

adj hard-nosed

• uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
• hardheaded — not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
• no-nonsense — not tolerating anything frivolous or trifling; firm and businesslike: a no-nonsense approach to money matters; a no-nonsense teacher with well-behaved classes.
• hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
• tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
• bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
• inflexible — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
• mulish — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
• obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
• obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
• pigheaded — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
• stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
• tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
• unsentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.