intransigent

1. 1.

   impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

   “he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind”

   “Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him”

   “an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency”

   Synonymsadamantadamantineinexorable

   Similarinflexible

Questions about intransigent

What does intransigent mean?

intransigent means "impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason".

How many syllables are in intransigent?

intransigent has 4 syllables: in-tran-si-gent. The stress falls on "tran". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈtɹænsədʒənt/.

What is another word for intransigent?

Close synonyms include adamant, adamantine, inexorable. 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 intransigent a common word?

intransigent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.