All hardheadedness synonyms
noun hardheadedness
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
- determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
- doggedness — persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
- mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
- perverseness — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- perversity — the state or quality of being perverse.
- pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- reluctance — unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
- willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.