English noun: stubbornness | |||
1. | stubbornness (attribute) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | ||
Synonyms | mulishness, obstinacy, obstinance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intractability, intractableness | ||
2. | stubbornness (attribute) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | ||
Synonyms | bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will | ||
Broader (hypernym) | firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | impenitence, impenitency, intransigence, intransigency | ||