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