Meanings
comparative more hardheaded · comparative harderheaded · superlative most hardheaded · superlative hardestheaded · alternative hard-headed
- Stubborn; wilful.
Synonyms: adamant, ardent, grim, untiring, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveStubborn; wilful.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveunreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
adjectiveguided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From hard + headed. First appears c. mid-15th century in the writings of Osbern Bokenam.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian твърдоглав, практичен
- твърдоглав (tvărdoglav)stubborn
- практичен (praktičen)pragmatic
Czech tvrdohlavý
- tvrdohlavýstubborn
Dutch koppig, pragmatisch
- koppigstubborn
- pragmatischpragmatic
French têtu
- têtustubborn
Indonesian keras kepala
- keras kepalastubborn
Japanese 頭が固い, 頑固
- 頭が固い (atama ga katai)stubborn
- 頑固 (ganko)stubborn
Polish zawzięty, bezwzględny
- zawziętystubborn
- bezwzględnystubborn
- zdeterminowanystubborn
- praktycznypragmatic
- pragmatycznypragmatic
Portuguese cabeçudo
- cabeçudostubborn
Spanish terco, cabezadura
- tercostubborn
- cabezadurastubborn
- porfiadostubborn
- pragmáticopragmatic
Swedish envis, nykter
- envisstubborn
- nykterpragmatic
- kallpragmatic
- beräknandepragmatic
Tagalog tigas ng ulo
- tigas ng ulostubborn
Cite this entry
hardheaded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardheaded
“hardheaded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardheaded. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hardheaded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardheaded.
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