self-willed Antonyms
Strongest:
- acquiescent
- obedient
- amenable
- flexible
- yielding
- compliant
- willing
- pliant
- acquiescent
- agreeable
- compliant
- obedient
- tractable
- submissive
- amenable
- docile
- flexible
- submissive
- complying
- complying
- pliant
- willing
- pliable
- yielding
- docile
- tractable
- pliable
- agreeable
Strong:
- temperate
- manageable
- responsive
- manageable
- relenting
- temperate
- accepting
- responsive
- reasonable
- reasonable
- relenting
- placable
- accepting
- receptive
- receptive
- placable
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- ossified
- strict
- obdurate
- implacable
- hard
- stiff-necked
- hardheaded
- self-opinionated
- determined
- bullheaded
- pat
- opinionated
- unrelenting
- inflexible
- mulish
- perverse
- adamantine
- uncompromising
- hard-nosed
- willful
- obstinate
- obsessive
- dogged
- steadfast
- intransigent
- immovable
- pigheaded
- hardened
- unyielding
- headstrong
- unbending
- pertinacious
- persistent
Weak:
- demanding
- firm
- invincible
- rigid
- cussed
- uncooperative
- wayward
- wrongheaded
- contrary
- single-minded
- disobedient
- defiant
- refractory
- severe
- stouthearted
- contumacious
- hard-shelled
- stern
- inexorable
- set
- froward
- relentless
- unmanageable
- mutinous
- unflinching
- exacting
- recalcitrant
- tenacious
- cantankerous
- inconvincible
- ungovernable
- hell-bent
- resolved
- hidebound
- unregenerate
- anal-retentive
- iron
- hard-shell
- intractable
- indomitable
- insubordinate
- narrow-minded
- inveterate
- unruly
- insurgent
- unconquerable
- deaf-to-reason
- hard-line
- bloody-minded
Meaning of self-willed
self-willed (s)
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
self-willed (a.)
Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
self-willed Sentence Examples
- The self-willed child refused to listen to his parents' warnings.
- Despite the consequences, the self-willed woman insisted on going her own way.
- The self-willed horse bolted from its enclosure, ignoring the pleas of its rider.
- His self-willed nature cost him dearly as he rejected advice and guidance.
- The self-willed teenager rebelled against authority, defying expectations.
- The self-willed athlete refused to compromise, even when it jeopardized his success.
- Her self-willed determination led her to achieve goals that seemed impossible.
- The self-willed politician stubbornly refused to compromise, even at the expense of progress.
- The self-willed dog barked incessantly, ignoring its owner's commands.
- His self-willed refusal to cooperate made it difficult to collaborate on projects.
FAQs About the word self-willed
habitually disposed to disobedience and oppositionGoverned by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
stubborn, adamant, wilful, ossified, strict, obdurate, implacable, hard, stiff-necked, hardheaded
acquiescent, obedient, amenable, flexible, yielding, compliant, willing, pliant, acquiescent, agreeable
The self-willed child refused to listen to his parents' warnings.
Despite the consequences, the self-willed woman insisted on going her own way.
The self-willed horse bolted from its enclosure, ignoring the pleas of its rider.
His self-willed nature cost him dearly as he rejected advice and guidance.
