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