strong-willed

American  

[strawng-wild, strong-] / ˈstrɔŋˈwɪld, ˈstrɒŋ- /

adjective

1. having a powerful will; resolute.

2. stubborn; obstinate.

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strong-willed British  

adjective

1. having strength of will

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Etymology

Origin of strong-willed

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Epstein told de Rothschild she could count on him in difficult times, and that he viewed her as his younger, strong-willed sister.

From The Wall Street Journal

He had done a good deal of writing at the table beneath that tree, calling it a “strong-willed, powerful thing in-itself, reaching up and reaching down” in his 1924 essay “Pan in America.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As a girl, Petrou was studious and strong-willed; in a 2018 profile in The Wall Street Journal, her mother recalled Petrou getting into a heated “intellectual disputation” with their rabbi at Sunday school.

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He was a strong-willed man, but the dog was strong-willed, too.

From Literature

Monetary policy is set by committee, and forging consensus among 19 strong-willed policymakers—each with their own reading of the economy—is a core part of the job.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• headstrong