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