Other words meaning ‘obstinate’: “Why does he have to be so ________.”
| STUBBORN | 497 |
| BULL-HEADED | 295 |
| CONTRARY | 139 |
| HARD-HEADED | 99 |
| ORNERY | 74 |
| PIG-HEADED | 62 |
| MULISH | 59 |
| MULE-HEADED | 30 |
| HEADSTRONG | 26 |
| DIFFERENT | 23 |
| STUBBORN AS A MULE | 21 |
| MEAN | 19 |
| SET IN HIS WAYS | 19 |
| DETERMINED | 9 |
| HATEFUL | 9 |
| SET | 9 |
| DIFFICULT | 8 |
| MULEY | 8 |
| THICK-HEADED | 8 |
| CANTANKEROUS | 7 |
| BALKY | 5 |
| HARD TO GET ALONG WITH | 5 |
| OBNOXIOUS | 5 |
| OBSTINATE | 5 |
| STUPID | 5 |
| BLOCK-HEADED | 4 |
| DAMN STUBBORN | 4 |
| OWLY | 4 |
| BULLISH | 3 |
| BUTT-HEADED | 3 |
| NASTY | 3 |
| NR | 3 |
| SOT | 3 |
| SOT IN HIS WAYS | 3 |
| STUBBORN AS AN OX | 3 |
| THICK-SKULLED | 3 |
| UGLY | 3 |
| BIG-HEADED | 2 |
| CRANKY | 2 |
| DENSE | 2 |
| DISAGREEABLE | 2 |
| FUSSY | 2 |
| GOAT-HEADED | 2 |
| HARD | 2 |
| HARD TO PLEASE | 2 |
| INDIFFERENT | 2 |
| KNOT-HEADED | 2 |
| OBDURATE | 2 |
| ONERY | 2 |
| OPPOSITE | 2 |
| PERVERSE | 2 |
| QUEER | 2 |
| RUDE | 2 |
| SET IN HIS WAY | 2 |
| STRONG-MINDED | 2 |
| STUBBORN AS AN OLD MULE | 2 |
| STUBBORN-HEADED | 2 |
| SUCH A JACKASS | 2 |
| SURE OF HIMSELF | 2 |
| THICK | 2 |
| UNCOOPERATIVE | 2 |
| UNREASONABLE | 2 |
| UNRULY | 2 |
| AGGRAVATING | 1 |
| AGGRESSIVE | 1 |
| ARBITRARY | 1 |
| ASININE | 1 |
| AT CROSS PURPOSE | 1 |
| AT ODDS | 1 |
| BAD | 1 |
| BAD-TEMPERED | 1 |
| BIG-HEAD | 1 |
| BLINK-MINDED | 1 |
| BOLD | 1 |
| BULLY | 1 |
| COCK-EYED ONERY | 1 |
| COCKY | 1 |
| CONSPICUOUS | 1 |
| CRABBY | 1 |
| CROSS-WAYS | 1 |
| CROTCHETY | 1 |
| CURIOUS | 1 |
| CUSSED | 1 |
| DAMN CONTRARY | 1 |
| DAMN MEAN | 1 |
| DEMANDING | 1 |
| DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY ELSE | 1 |
| DUMB | 1 |
| DURN STUBBORN | 1 |
| EVIL | 1 |
| FAT-HEADED | 1 |
| GROUCHY | 1 |
| HAMMER-HEADED | 1 |
| HARD TO GET TO | 1 |
| HARD-BOILED | 1 |
| HARD-HEAD | 1 |
| HEAD LIKE A STONE PILLAR | 1 |
| HEADLONG | 1 |
| HIS HEAD IS THICK AS A GOAT | 1 |
| HOT-HEADED | 1 |
| IGNORANT | 1 |
| IMMOVABLE | 1 |
| IMPERTINENT | 1 |
| IMPOSSIBLE | 1 |
| IMPRUDENT | 1 |
| IMPUDENT | 1 |
| JACKASS | 1 |
| JACKASSIFIED | 1 |
| KILL-JOY | 1 |
| LIKE A JACKASS | 1 |
| LIKES TO HAVE HIS OWN WAY | 1 |
| LONG-HEADED | 1 |
| LOWDOWN | 1 |
| MISERABLE | 1 |
| MULE | 1 |
| MULEY-HEADED | 1 |
| NARROW | 1 |
| OFF-HOSSISH | 1 |
| ON THE DEFENSIVE | 1 |
| ONE-TRACKED MIND | 1 |
| ORNERISH | 1 |
| PERSNICKETY | 1 |
| PICK-HEADED | 1 |
| POHAKU | 1 |
| PRECISE | 1 |
| PRICK | 1 |
| PUT ON A PERFORMANCE | 1 |
| PUT ON A SHOW | 1 |
| RANKY | 1 |
| REAL PRICK | 1 |
| RIGHT | 1 |
| SASSY | 1 |
| SELF-BENT | 1 |
| SET ABOUT IT | 1 |
| SMART | 1 |
| SNOTTY | 1 |
| SQUARE | 1 |
| STIFF-NECKED | 1 |
| STONE-WALLED | 1 |
| STRICT | 1 |
| STUBBORN SON OF A GUN | 1 |
| STUBNENT | 1 |
| STUCK OUT | 1 |
| STUCK-UP | 1 |
| STUMP-HEADED | 1 |
| SUCH A BULLY | 1 |
| SUCH A CRAB | 1 |
| WILLFUL | 1 |
| YOU CAN’T BUDGE HIM | 1 |
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