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