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