hard-line

1. 1.

   firm and uncompromising

   “a hard-line policy”

   Synonymshardline

   Similaruncompromising

Questions about hard-line

What does hard-line mean?

hard-line means "firm and uncompromising".

How many syllables are in hard-line?

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

What is another word for hard-line?

Close synonyms include hardline. 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.

Is hard-line a common word?

hard-line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.