Synonyms of the word

obstinance

• n. The characteristic of being obstinate.

bullheadedness

• n. The characteristic of being bullheaded.

firmness

• n. The state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution.

intractability

• n. The state of being intractable; intractableness.

intractableness

• n. The state of being intractable; intractability.

mulishness

• n. The characteristic of being mulish.

obstinacy

• n. The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

pigheadedness

• n. The condition of being pigheaded.

resoluteness

• n. The state or characteristic of being resolute; determination or resolution.

resolution

• n. A strong will, determination.
• n. The state of being resolute.
• n. A statement of intent, a vow.
• n. The act of discerning detail.
• n. (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often…
• n. (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
• n. (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
• n. (mathematics) The act or process of solving; solution.
• n. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
• n. (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
• n. (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
• n. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
• n. The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
• n. (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed…

resolve

• v. (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
• v. (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
• v. (transitive) To solve again.
• v. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
• v. (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
• v. To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate;…
• v. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
• v. (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
• v. (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code;…
• v. (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
• v. (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
• v. (medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
• v. (obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.
• v. (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
• n. Determination, will power.

self-will

• n. The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.

stubbornness

• n. The state of being stubborn.