hardheaded

Questions about hardheaded

What does hardheaded mean?

hardheaded means "unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hardheaded?

hardheaded has 3 syllables: hard-head-ed. The stress falls on "hard". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹdˌhɛdɪd/.

What is another word for hardheaded?

Close synonyms include mulish, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic. 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 hardheaded a common word?

hardheaded 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.

What rhymes with hardheaded?

3 words rhyme with hardheaded. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.