adamant

adamant [adjective]: unyielding to requests.

Example: I tried to convince him, but he was adamant.

Related words: adamance [noun], adamantly [adverb]

Synonyms: firm, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, resolute, rigid, set, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable

Antonyms: flexible, pliant, submissive, yielding

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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