hardheaded

English Thesaurus

1. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory (adj.all)

similar	:	realistic,
definition	:	aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are (adj.all)

2. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack (adj.all)

similar	:	obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate,
definition	:	tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield (adj.all)

3. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory (adj.all)

derivation	:	pattern, practice,
definition	:	a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)

derivation	:	practicality,
definition	:	concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	pragmatism, realism,
definition	:	the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth (noun.attribute)

4. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack (adj.all)

derivation	:	mulishness, obstinacy, obstinance, stubbornness,
definition	:	the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome (noun.attribute)

5. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory (adj.all)

derivation	:	pattern, practice,
definition	:	a customary way of operation or behavior (noun.act)

derivation	:	practicality,
definition	:	concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	pragmatism, realism,
definition	:	the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth (noun.attribute)

6. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack (adj.all)

derivation	:	mulishness, obstinacy, obstinance, stubbornness,
definition	:	the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome (noun.attribute)