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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hardheaded
    adj 1: unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or
           attack [syn: hardheaded, mulish]
    2: guided by practical experience and observation rather than
       theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-
       nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to
       business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics" [syn:
       hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hardheaded \hard"head`ed\, hard-headed \hard"-head`ed\, a.
   Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd; practical and
   pragmatic. -- Hard"-head`ed*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for hardheaded:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

balking, balky, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, dogged, dogmatic, down-to-earth, earthy, fanatic, hard, hard-boiled, headstrong, hoaxproof, intolerant, matter-of-fact, mulish, not born yesterday, obstinate, opinionated, overzealous, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, positivistic, practical, practical-minded, pragmatic, rational, realist, realistic, reasonable, restive, sane, scientific, scientistic, secular, self-willed, sensible, set, sober, sober-minded, sophisticated, sound, sound-thinking, stiff-necked, straight-thinking, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, tough-minded, uncooperative, uncullible, undeceivable, undeludable, undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable, unideal, unidealistic, unregenerate, unromantic, unseduceable, unsentimental, willful, wise, worldly

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