strong-willed.

Determined to follow your own decisions and not easily persuaded to change them.

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Words that belong together

• a strong-willed child
• a strong-willed leader

On the page

The strong-willed apprentice refused to copy a design she believed was unsafe.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more strong-willed; superlative most strong-willed when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.