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