strong-minded [strawng-mahyn-did, strong-]
Main Entry:
decided [dih-sahy-did]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: determined, strong-willed
Synonyms: assertive, bent, certain, cocksure, decisive, deliberate, earnest, emphatic, established, firm, fixed, inflexible, intent, iron-jawed, mulish, positive, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, settled, strong-minded, sure, unbending, unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering, unyielding
Notes: decided means recognizable, marked, unmistakable or definite, while decisive means having the power to determine an outcome or being conclusive
Antonyms: deferential, delaying, hesitant, postponing, procrastinating, undecided
Main Entry: determined
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: driven, persistent
Synonyms: bent, bent on, buckled down, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, intent, mean business, obstinate, on ice, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, set on, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, unwavering
Antonyms: flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak
Main Entry: headstrong
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stubborn
Synonyms: bullheaded, contrary, determined, foolhardy, froward, hard-core, hard-nosed, hard-shell, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, locked-in, mule, mulish, murder, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed, rash, reckless, refractory, self-willed, strong-minded, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding, willful
Antonyms: calm, docile, moderate, obedient, submissive, tolerant
Main Entry: hell-bent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: set on
Synonyms: bent on, bound and determined, constant, decided, determined, driven, firm, fixed, intent, obsessed, persevering, persistent, relentless, resolute, resolved, serious, set on, single-minded, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unhesitating, unrelenting, unwavering
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
Main Entry: obstinate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stubborn, determined
Synonyms: adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, dead set on, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, locked in, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, opinionative, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, self-willed, steadfast, strong-minded, tenacious, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful
Antonyms: agreeable, amenable, cooperative, flexible, helpful, submissive, willing, yielding
Main Entry: bound and determined
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: completely serious
Synonyms: determined, driven, hell-bent, intent, obsessed, persistent, relentless, resolute, resolved, serious, set on, single-minded, steadfast, strong-minded, stubborn, tenacious, unrelenting, unwavering
Main Entry: strong-willed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: determined
Synonyms: decisive, headstrong, iron-willed, mullish, obstinate, resolute, strong-minded, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding
Antonyms: spineless, weak, weak-willed
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