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