strong-willed
/ˌstrɒŋˈwɪld
/adjective
Determined to do as one wants even if other people advise against it: she’s a very strong-willed little girl...
- Even back then, the relationship between the two strong-willed men was clearly disintegrating.
- Rayford Steele, a strong-willed pilot in his 40s, is the head of the group.
- His strong-willed mother, a Russian Jewish immigrant, expected great things of her firstborn.
Synonyms
determined, iron-willed, resolute, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, obstinate, wilful, headstrong, strong-minded, self-willed, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, recalcitrant, refractory;
forceful, domineering
informal pushy
rare indurate