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