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