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hardheaded

[hahrd-hed-id] / ˈhɑrdˈhɛd ɪd /
ADJECTIVE
stubborn
Synonyms
STRONGEST
astute hard-headed hard-nosed headstrong obstinate practical pragmatic rational sensible shrewd sober unsentimental
WEAK
bullheaded cool hang-tough hard hard-boiled intractable level-headed locked-in mulish pertinacious perverse pigheaded realistic resolute standpat tough unyielding willful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
irrational stupid submissive unrealistic unreasonable
WEAK
yielding

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Hardheaded John S. Knight later took over the Daily News, but not its feuds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hardheaded men in Chinese politics are not stubborn idealists �against odds they normally quit or sell out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hardheaded old Steelmaster Charles M. Schwab and his smoother, younger prototype, Eugene Grace, made labor history 20 years ago when they installed an "Employe Representation Plan" in Bethlehem Steel Corp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of them: � Hardheaded Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, 56, architect of West Germany's free-enterprise economy and rebuilder of war-stricken heavy industries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hardheaded, sensible, a reader of magazines and books, he was proud of his race and indignant about its wrongs.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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