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