hard-nosed Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- headstrong
- pigheaded
- obstinate
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- intransigent
- willful
- inflexible
- unbending
- obsessive
- perverse
- pertinacious
- implacable
- mulish
- opinionated
- unyielding
- wilful
- persistent
- relentless
- ossified
- adamantine
- tenacious
- bullheaded
- pat
- immovable
- hardheaded
- determined
- obdurate
- strict
- dogged
- hard
Weak:
- contumacious
- stiff-necked
- unmanageable
- narrow-minded
- hard-line
- indomitable
- inveterate
- refractory
- contrary
- unflinching
- ungovernable
- self-willed
- anal-retentive
- insurgent
- confirmed
- invincible
- insubordinate
- iron
- demanding
- unconquerable
- wrongheaded
- mutinous
- stouthearted
- wayward
- severe
- hard-shell
- uncooperative
- hard-shelled
- deaf-to-reason
- cussed
- inexorable
- exacting
- stern
- self-opinionated
- hidebound
- unregenerate
- single-minded
- set
- defiant
- unruly
- firm
- resolved
- rigid
- intractable
- bloody-minded
- inconvincible
- cantankerous
- disobedient
- recalcitrant
- hell-bent
Strongest:
- agreeable
- pliant
- submissive
- flexible
- agreeable
- tractable
- obedient
- pliable
- pliant
- pliable
- tractable
- compliant
- flexible
- receptive
- responsive
- docile
- acquiescent
- responsive
- willing
- willing
- compliant
- yielding
- complying
- yielding
- docile
- amenable
- amenable
- acquiescent
- complying
- obedient
- receptive
- submissive
Strong:
- accepting
- placable
- reasonable
- reasonable
- temperate
- manageable
- placable
- relenting
- temperate
- manageable
- relenting
- accepting
Weak:
hard-nosed Meaning
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
adamant, steadfast, hardened,stubborn, headstrong, pigheaded, obstinate,uncompromising, unrelenting, intransigent
agreeable, pliant, submissive,flexible, agreeable, tractable, obedient, pliable, pliant, pliable
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.
