strong-willed

strong-willed
adjective
having a determined will
• Syn: ↑strong-minded
• Similar to: ↑stubborn, ↑obstinate, ↑unregenerate

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adj
stubborn, obstinate, intractable, wayward, inflexible, wilful, self-willed
FORMAL obdurate, refractory, recalcitrant, intransigent

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▶ adjective DETERMINED, resolute, stubborn, obstinate, wilful, headstrong, strong-minded, self-willed, unbending, unyielding, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, recalcitrant; formal refractory.

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/strawng"wild", strong"-/, adj.
1. having a powerful will; resolute.
[1895-1900]

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strong-willed UK [ˌstrɒŋ ˈwɪld] US [ˌstrɔŋ ˈwɪld] adjective
determined to do something that you want to do, even if others do not want you to do it
Thesaurus: determined and ambitioussynonym

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strong-willed «STRNG WIHLD, STRONG-», adjective.
strongminded; stubborn; obstinate.

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adj [more \strong-willed; most \strong-willed]
: very determined to do something even if other people say it should not be done

two strong-willed children

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ˌstrong-ˈwilled [strong-willed] adjective
determined to do what you want to do, even if other people advise you not to
 
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She was a fiercely independent and strong-willed woman.


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