die-hard

1. 1.

   tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated

   “an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative”

   “rock-ribbed republican”

   Synonymsrock-ribbed

   Similarinflexible

Questions about die-hard

What does die-hard mean?

die-hard means "tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated".

How many syllables are in die-hard?

die-hard has 2 syllables: die--hard. The stress falls on "die-".

What is another word for die-hard?

Close synonyms include rock-ribbed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.