Synonyms of pigheaded

pigheaded

adjective

ˈpig-ˌhe-dəd 

as in stubborn

sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stubborn
• adamant
• steadfast
• bullheaded
• obstinate
• intransigent
• hardened
• headstrong
• hardheaded
• willful
• obdurate
• opinionated
• mulish
• unbending
• implacable
• uncompromising
• unyielding
• inflexible
• pertinacious
• obsessive
• unrelenting
• dogged
• immovable
• ossified
• hard
• pat
• perverse
• adamantine
• hard-nosed
• self-willed
• persistent
• determined
• stiff-necked
• self-opinionated
• strict
• relentless
• inconvincible
• wrongheaded
• deaf to reason
• tenacious
• iron
• resolved
• stern
• defiant
• wayward
• rigid
• unflinching
• inexorable
• narrow-minded
• hidebound
• cantankerous
• severe
• hard-line
• single-minded
• uncooperative
• recalcitrant
• contumacious
• bloody-minded
• disobedient
• intractable
• insubordinate
• anal-retentive
• indomitable
• unmanageable
• contrary
• mutinous
• firm
• refractory
• hard-shell
• unruly
• stouthearted
• invincible
• cussed
• unconquerable
• ungovernable
• hell-bent
• inveterate
• insurgent
• set
• confirmed
• unregenerate
• demanding
• froward
• exacting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acquiescent
• flexible
• amenable
• agreeable
• compliant
• complying
• obedient
• pliant
• docile
• pliable
• submissive
• yielding
• willing
• tractable
• receptive
• accepting
• responsive
• reasonable
• relenting
• placable
• manageable
• temperate
• persuadable
• slavish
• subservient
• governable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pigheaded

After testing what appears to be a faulty metal detector at the football field, the pigheaded space cop crashes Rushville’s town-hall meeting and is under the impression that its leader, Sheriff Kerry Kane, is talking about him. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

McPartlin will play Detective Mike Garner, a pigheaded CRASH detective who quickly shuts Bosch down for overstepping. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026

Easy to roll your eyes at from the opening scene and increasingly pigheaded in all of the ones that follow, Man-su starts off a long way from likable and tumbles much lower in our estimation from there. — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025

There isn’t much that can be done if someone is pigheaded and insistent on ruining Thanksgiving for everyone involved. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

Countless efforts to defuse the crisis showed initial promise and then collapsed—Emperor Honorius, based in Ravenna, proved pigheaded and duplicitous. — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020

Just five years after the Spurs prompted widespread headlines (and much pigheaded skepticism) by hiring ex-WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first female assistant coach in NBA history, coverage of Toronto's move was relatively muted. — Dan Greene, SI.com, 24 Sep. 2019