Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, constant, dead set on, dug in, fast, firm, hard-nosed, immobile, immotile, immutable, impassive, inflexible, intransigent, locked in, motionless, obdurate, quiescent, resolute, rooted, secure, set, set in concrete, set in stone, solid, stable, stand pat, stationary, steadfast, stick to guns, stuck, tough nut, unalterable, unchangeable, uncompromising, unmodifiable, unshakable, unwavering, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | mobile, movable, moving, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | implacable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | merciless, cruel |
| Synonyms: | grim, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, ironfisted, mortal, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unflinching, unforgiving, unrelenting, unyielding, vindictive |
| Notes: | placable is 'of a tolerant nature' - the opposite of implacable |
| Antonyms: | kind, merciful, nice, placable |
| Main Entry: | inevitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain; cannot be avoided |
| Synonyms: | all locked up, assured, binding, compulsory, decided, decreed, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fateful, fixed, for certain, foreordained, imminent, impending, in the bag, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, no ifs ands or buts, obligatory, ordained, pat, prescribed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, undeniable, unpreventable, without recourse |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, doubtful, escapable, fortuitous, preventable, uncertain, unlikely, unsure |
| Main Entry: | inexorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, pitiless |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, bound, bound and determined, compulsory, dead set on, dogged, hard, harsh, hell bent on, immobile, immovable, implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, inflexible, ironclad, like death and taxes, locked in, mean business, merciless, necessary, no going back, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, remorseless, resolute, rigid, set in stone, severe, single-minded, stubborn, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unmovable, unrelenting, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | flexible, lenient, merciful, remorseful, yielding |
| Main Entry: | intolerant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impatient, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | antipathetic, averse, biased, bigoted, chauvinistic, communist, conservative, contemptuous, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, fanatical, fractious, hateful, illiberal, indignant, individualistic, inflexible, irate, irritable, jaundiced, narrow, narrow-minded, obdurate, one-sided, outraged, racialist, racist, short-fuse, small-minded, snappy, stuffy, tilted, uncharitable, unfair, unforbearing, unindulgent, unsympathetic, unwilling, upset, waspish, worked-up, xenophobic |
| Antonyms: | fair, impartial, patient, tolerant, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | invariable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not changing |
| Synonyms: | changeless, consistent, constant, fixed, immovable, immutable, inalterable, inflexible, monotonous, perpetual, regular, rigid, same, set, static, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, undiversified, unfailing, uniform, unmodifiable, unrelieved, unvarying, unwavering |
| Antonyms: | changeable, changing, variable, varying |
| Main Entry: | ironclad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, rigid |
| Synonyms: | abiding, agreed, arranged, certain, changeless, confirmed, definite, determinate, enduring, firm, in the bag, inflexible, planned, prearranged, settled, stated, stubborn, sure, unalterable, uncompromising, unwavering |
| Main Entry: | irreconcilable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, conflicting |
| Synonyms: | clashing, diametrically opposed, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, hard-line, implacable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inexorable, inflexible, inharmonious, intransigent, opposed, reluctant, unappeasable, uncompromising, unfriendly |
| Antonyms: | compromising, friendly, reconcilable |
| Main Entry: | mulish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obstinate |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bullheaded, dead set on, dogged, firm, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, inflexible, intractable, obdurate, opinionated, persistent, pigheaded, recalcitrant, relentless, single-minded, steadfast, strong-minded, stubborn, tenacious |
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