All headstrong synonyms
head·strong
H h adj headstrong
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- determined — If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- froward — willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one's froward, intractable child.
- hard-core — unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- hard-nosed — hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader.
- heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- intractable — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- mulish — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- pig-headed — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- rash — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- reckless — utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- uncontrollable — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
- unruly — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
- unyielding — unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
- willful — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- hard-shell — Also, hard-shelled. having a firm, hard shell, as a crab in its normal state; not having recently molted.
- mule — a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
- self-willed — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.