Synonyms of unrelenting

unrelenting

adjective

ˌən-ri-ˈlen-tiŋ 

1

as in adamant

sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

that professor tends to be unrelenting about deadlines

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adamant
• stubborn
• steadfast
• uncompromising
• hardened
• implacable
• unyielding
• wilful
• obsessive
• unbending
• intransigent
• obstinate
• dogged
• willful
• obdurate
• relentless
• mulish
• hard
• persistent
• immovable
• bullheaded
• perverse
• pertinacious
• inflexible
• adamantine
• opinionated
• headstrong
• pat
• strict
• hardheaded
• ossified
• determined
• hard-nosed
• pigheaded
• self-willed
• deaf to reason
• inexorable
• inconvincible
• unflinching
• iron
• stiff-necked
• severe
• tenacious
• stern
• self-opinionated
• rigid
• defiant
• wayward
• resolved
• wrongheaded
• hard-line
• single-minded
• firm
• contrary
• cantankerous
• uncooperative
• intractable
• unmanageable
• anal-retentive
• stouthearted
• recalcitrant
• indomitable
• hidebound
• narrow-minded
• mutinous
• contumacious
• hard-shell
• refractory
• unconquerable
• disobedient
• unruly
• demanding
• insubordinate
• hell-bent
• insurgent
• invincible
• bloody-minded
• exacting
• ungovernable
• set
• hard-shelled
• inveterate
• cussed
• confirmed
• froward
• unregenerate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• complying
• flexible
• compliant
• acquiescent
• agreeable
• yielding
• amenable
• pliant
• obedient
• pliable
• docile
• submissive
• responsive
• tractable
• willing
• receptive
• relenting
• accepting
• reasonable
• manageable
• placable
• temperate
• slavish
• subservient
• persuadable
• governable

2

as in relentless

showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose

unrelenting in the pursuit of equality for all races

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relentless
• grim
• determined
• persistent
• implacable
• unflinching
• unyielding
• ruthless
• dogged
• stubborn
• unappeasable
• willful
• merciless
• hard
• tenacious
• wilful
• obdurate
• uncooperative
• intractable
• mulish
• peevish
• unforgiving
• perverse
• persevering
• pertinacious
• opinionated
• headstrong
• hardheaded
• pigheaded
• self-willed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• softening
• yielding
• weak
• impotent
• slack
• slackening
• spineless
• invertebrate
• pliant
• complaisant
• pliable
• obliging

Examples of unrelenting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its legal minutiae is especially difficult to watch after the mockery of jurisprudence in the January 6 trials and unrelenting election-interference lawfare. —Armond White, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024

Her short life and death by suicide provoke an unrelenting fascination. —Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2024

The record-breaking heat wave pummeling Southern California will continue through the weekend, delivering a miserable combination of triple-digit highs and unrelenting overnight heat. —Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024

Black women have long been the unsung heroes of the political arena—steadfast, unrelenting, and often unacknowledged. —Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024