| stubborn | | |
| adj. | 1. obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield. |
| ~ uncompromising, inflexible, sturdy | not making concessions.; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" |
| ~ disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority.; "disobedient children" |
| ~ bloody-minded, cantankerous | stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate.; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders" |
| ~ bolshy, stroppy | obstreperous. |
| ~ bullet-headed, bullheaded, pigheaded | obstinate and stupid. |
| ~ dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding, tenacious, persistent | stubbornly unyielding.; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"; "men tenacious of opinion" |
| ~ contrarious, cross-grained | difficult to deal with. |
| ~ determined | devoting full strength and concentrated attention to.; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters" |
| ~ hardheaded, mulish | unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack. |
| ~ stiff-necked | haughtily stubborn.; "a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin" |
| ~ strong-minded, strong-willed | having a determined will. |
| ~ intractable | not tractable; difficult to manage or mold.; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" |
| adj. | 2. refractory, stubborn | not responding to treatment.; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" |
| ~ medical specialty, medicine | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. |
| ~ intractable | not tractable; difficult to manage or mold.; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" |
| stubbornly | | |
| adv. | 1. cussedly, mulishly, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly | in a stubborn unregenerate manner.; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" |
| rebel | | |
| n. (person) | 1. greyback, johnny, johnny reb, reb, rebel | `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ confederate soldier | a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. |
| n. (person) | 2. freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel | a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions). |
| ~ mutineer | someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers). |
| ~ crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer | a disputant who advocates reform. |
| ~ revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter | a radical supporter of political or social revolution. |
| ~ young turk | a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule. |
| ~ nat turner, turner | United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831). |
| ~ denmark vesey, vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822). |
| ~ sir william wallace, wallace | Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305). |
| n. (person) | 3. maverick, rebel | someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. |
| ~ recusant, nonconformist | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct. |
| v. (social) | 4. arise, rebel, rise, rise up | take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance. |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| ~ revolt | make revolution.; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again" |
| ~ mutiny | engage in a mutiny against an authority. |
| v. (social) | 5. rebel, renegade | break with established customs. |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| habitue | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fixture, habitue, regular | a regular patron.; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" |
| ~ frequenter, patron | a regular customer. |
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