Stubborn, obstinate; steadfast, resolute. Also as n.

Asserting or disposed to assert one's own will against persuasion, instruction, or command; governed by will without regard to reason; determined…

Strong-willed; obstinate; = wilful, adj.1 1.

Of a person or animal: strongly or assertively self-willed; wilful, obstinate; wayward, impulsive.

Wilful, obstinate, stubborn.

Impetuous, precipitate; wilful, headstrong, unruly; capricious. In early use also: excessively or… Of a person.

Rash, headstrong; inclined or prone to. Obsolete.

Determined, obstinate, or unreasonable in the pursuit of one's own desires, inclinations, or opinions; self-willed.

Determined, obstinate, or unreasonable in the pursuit of one's own desires, inclinations, or opinions; demonstrating or characterized by self-will.

Of a person or a person's temperament, behaviour, etc. Obstinate, self-willed. Obsolete.

Of a person's appearance, words, actions, etc.: indicating or manifesting obstinate self-will.

Impetuous, headstrong; = heady, adj. 2.

Passionate, wilful; self-willed, headstrong, obstinate. Obsolete.

Determined, obstinate, or unreasonable in the pursuit of one's own desires, inclinations, or opinions; characterized by this; self-willed.

= headstrong, adj. Also figurative.

figurative. Wilful, headstrong; obstinate. Now somewhat rare.

head-strong.

Characterized by self-will; self-willed.

Displaying or having an excessively strong will; imperious.

strong-willed; headstrong.

Headstrong, arrogant. dialect.

Self-willed, obstinate; (of an animal) unmanageable.