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do or die
adjective as in last-ditch
adjective as in unbending
Weak matches
- aloof
- distant
- do-or-die
- dug in
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- locked-in
- obdurate
- relentless
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
noun as in competition
Strong matches
adjective as in last-ditch
adjective as in unbending
Weak matches
- aloof
- distant
- do-or-die
- dug in
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- locked-in
- obdurate
- relentless
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
noun as in competition
Strong matches
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Example Sentences
Soon after, Kim visited a naval base and ordered the navy to “raise heroes for do-or-die squads at sea.”
There is some evidence that Geithner himself knows that this is do-or-die time.
With Belden leading by one run, and the game almost over, Lakeville began the ninth inning with a do-or-die energy.
She would come back, flushed and a little troubled-looking, but would go on with the dance with a do-or-die expression.
Brill came to the bat for the third time with a sort of do-or-die look on the faces of the players.
The stranger had a most impressive and yet absurd air of drunken sternness written in his face, a do-or-die look.
They listened attentively, and went out on the diamond with a do-or-die expression written on their faces.
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On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to do-or-die, such as: frantic, last gasp, desperate, eleventh hour, final, and last chance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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