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