stubborn

Meaning

Adj

1. Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
2. Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

Noun

1. (informal, uncountable) Stubbornness.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”).

Synonyms

obstinate

headstrong

persistent

wilful

unyielding

tenacious

pigheaded

willful

obdurate

disobedient

dogged

mulish

refractory

self-willed

pig-headed

pertinacious

intractable

wayward

perverse

restive

hardheaded

opinionated

intransigent

persevering

stiff-necked

tough

firm

insistent

inflexible

stiff

hard-headed

be obstinate

determined

wild

thickheaded

unregenerate

persist

uncompromising

single-minded

rebellious

cussed

obstinate person

jib

insist

difficult

balk

hard

naughty

adamant

mischievous

resistant

unbalanced

recalcitrant

bullheaded

indomitable

spiteful

froward

strong

stupid

bulldog

thick-headed

mad

truculent

unbending

disrespectful

disruptive

unmanageable

crazy

unruly

hidebound

coarse

dunce

ill-natured

deaf

wierd

put up resistance

self-opinionated

importunate

refuse to admit defeat

refuse to admit mistakes

resist

balky

rigid

rough

rude

capricious

slow-witted

solid

steadfast

stouthearted

strict

strong-minded

stubborn as a mule

stubbornly

stubbornness

sulky

tenacity

tight-lipped

touchy

unbowed

uncivil

uncontrollable

unconventional

undefeated

unheedful

unkind

unmindful

unrelenting

unrestrained

unsociable

unswerving

unwilling

vexation

vigorous

violent

wrong-headed

badly behaved

bent on

be stubborn

big-headed

dig one’s heels in

headstrong person

ill humor

intent on

stop short

whole country

strong-willed

hard-set

obstinant

hard-mouthed

self willed

stiff in manner

unhearing

not natural

head-strong

difficult to control

difficult to manage

difficult to overcome

not toured

not returned

self opinionated

cat-witted

ability

strongheaded

adamantine

anger

💢

angry

😠

bad

👎

bend

besetting

biased

bloody-minded

bolshy

boneheaded

brave

bullet-headed

bull-headed

bullish

cheeky

churlish

clamant

conceited

confirmed

contrary

contumacious

courage

cross-grained

dangerous

diehard

difficile

discontented

disobeyed

disobliging

doggedly

dogging

dogmatic

do-or-die

featherbrained

fierce

fold

forgetful

formidable

forward

hardhearted

hard-nosed

heady

hearing

hearty

heedless

hellbent

hell-bent

hem

hotheaded

hot-headed

immodest

impertinent

impracticable

inattentive

incorrigible

independent

indocile

insubordinate

inveterate

iron

irrefragable

irreverent

lasting

malevolent

moody

morose

mutinous

obedient

obstinacy

obstinately

ornery

outrageous

peevish

persistence

pertinaciously

piggish

prejudiced

redoubtable

renounce

resisting

resolute

selfish

sensible

sensitive

severe

Translations

têtu

terco

obstiné

hartnäckig

hardnekkig

obstinado

eigensinnig

inatçı

entêté

koppig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstʌbɚn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stiborne

In summary

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn. Origin uncertain.
One theory is that the origin may come from *stybor, *stibor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + adj. formative -or as in Old English bitor, English bitter.