hardline Antonyms
Strongest:
- gentle
- pliant
- pliable
- flexible
- compliant
- flexible
- pliant
- relaxed
- relaxed
- pliable
- gentle
- mild
- slack
- lax
- acquiescent
- slack
- acquiescent
- mild
- loose
- lax
- loose
- compliant
Strong:
- yielding
- slovenly
- tolerant
- negligent
- soft
- easy
- slovenly
- sloppy
- easy
- compromising
- sloppy
- tolerant
- soft
- negligent
- indulgent
- merciful
- lenient
- easygoing
- kindly
- easygoing
- yielding
- compromising
- merciful
- kindly
- lenient
- indulgent
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- steadfast
- cast-iron
- conscientious
- meticulous
- uncompromising
- rigid
- adamant
- stringent
- exacting
- inflexible
Weak:
- tough
- painstaking
- flinty
- stubborn
- punctilious
- hardened
- grim
- relentless
- dogged
- close
- harsh
- unrelenting
- unappeasable
- firm
- demanding
- hard-hearted
- hard
- single-minded
- implacable
- adamantine
- unsparing
- unbending
- undeviating
- brassbound
- resolved
- exact
- austere
- fussy
- stern
- tenacious
- immovable
- unflinching
- determined
- severe
- unyielding
- scrupulous
Meaning of hardline
Wordnet
hardline (s)
firm and uncompromising
hardline Sentence Examples
- The new manager adopted a hardline stance on employee attendance.
- The government pursued a hardline policy against protesters.
- The hardline stance of the religious group alienated many potential converts.
- The company took a hardline approach to negotiating with its labor union.
- The hardline rhetoric of the politician divided the electorate.
- The hardline stance of the environmentalists angered the industry lobbyists.
- The hardline military response led to unnecessary civilian casualties.
- The hardline interpretation of the law left little room for flexibility.
- The hardline measures implemented by the school administration reduced student behavior problems.
- The hardline position of the peace negotiators made it difficult to reach a compromise.
FAQs About the word hardline
firm and uncompromising
strict, rigorous, steadfast, cast-iron, conscientious, meticulous,uncompromising, rigid, adamant, stringent
gentle, pliant, pliable, flexible, compliant,flexible, pliant, relaxed, relaxed, pliable
The new manager adopted a hardline stance on employee attendance.
The government pursued a hardline policy against protesters.
The hardline stance of the religious group alienated many potential converts.
The company took a hardline approach to negotiating with its labor union.
