hard-nosed Antonyms
Strongest:
- docile
- agreeable
- willing
- submissive
- amenable
- pliant
- compliant
- responsive
- agreeable
- acquiescent
- amenable
- receptive
- obedient
- obedient
- yielding
- receptive
- yielding
- complying
- tractable
- acquiescent
- submissive
- pliant
- docile
- complying
- pliable
- flexible
- willing
- tractable
- pliable
- flexible
- compliant
- responsive
Strong:
- accepting
- accepting
- reasonable
- placable
- manageable
- temperate
- temperate
- manageable
- placable
- reasonable
- relenting
- relenting
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- dogged
- pertinacious
- persistent
- strict
- unrelenting
- willful
- hardheaded
- opinionated
- pigheaded
- headstrong
- ossified
- tenacious
- obstinate
- wilful
- immovable
- adamantine
- hard
- inflexible
- mulish
- pat
- obdurate
- relentless
- bullheaded
- implacable
- unbending
- determined
- obsessive
- perverse
- intransigent
Weak:
- hidebound
- deaf-to-reason
- hell-bent
- insurgent
- wayward
- hard-shell
- unconquerable
- self-opinionated
- bloody-minded
- unflinching
- uncooperative
- narrow-minded
- disobedient
- contumacious
- hard-line
- cussed
- set
- inveterate
- mutinous
- recalcitrant
- defiant
- refractory
- inexorable
- wrongheaded
- exacting
- unregenerate
- iron
- confirmed
- insubordinate
- inconvincible
- firm
- stouthearted
- self-willed
- single-minded
- severe
- ungovernable
- demanding
- contrary
- hard-shelled
- cantankerous
- stern
- intractable
- stiff-necked
- invincible
- unmanageable
- unruly
- anal-retentive
- resolved
- indomitable
- rigid
Meaning of hard-nosed
hard-nosed (s)
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
hard-nosed Sentence Examples
- The hard-nosed detective pursued the elusive criminal with unwavering determination.
- The company's hard-nosed CEO demanded nothing less than excellence from his employees.
- The boxer's hard-nosed training regimen prepared him for the toughest fights.
- The politician's hard-nosed negotiating skills helped him achieve his goals.
- The team's hard-nosed defense held their opponents scoreless for multiple quarters.
- The hard-nosed journalist refused to be silenced by threats or intimidation.
- The surgeon's hard-nosed approach ensured the successful completion of the delicate operation.
- The teacher's hard-nosed discipline maintained order in a challenging classroom.
- The hard-nosed negotiator managed to secure a favorable deal despite intense pressure.
- The veteran's hard-nosed resilience enabled him to overcome adversity and achieve his dreams.
FAQs About the word hard-nosed
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
hardened, steadfast, adamant,stubborn,uncompromising, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious, persistent, strict
docile, agreeable, willing, submissive, amenable, pliant, compliant, responsive, agreeable, acquiescent
The hard-nosed detective pursued the elusive criminal with unwavering determination.
The company's hard-nosed CEO demanded nothing less than excellence from his employees.
The boxer's hard-nosed training regimen prepared him for the toughest fights.
The politician's hard-nosed negotiating skills helped him achieve his goals.
