ADAMANT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

adamant

adjective

uk /ˈæd.ə.mənt/ us /ˈæd.ə.mənt/

impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision:

[ + that ] I've told her she should stay at home and rest but she's adamant that she's coming.

Synonym

intransigent formal disapproving

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Strong-willed

• a firm hand idiom
• adamantine
• adamantly
• aggressive
• aggressively
• fury
• go-getting
• going
• gutsy
• hard-boiled
• pigheadedly
• purposeful
• purposefully
• pushy
• recalcitrant
• unyielding
• urgent
• wedded
• when the going gets tough, the tough get going idiom
• wilful

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adamantly adverb

(Definition of adamant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

adamant | American Dictionary

adamant

adjective

us /ˈæd·ə·mənt/

unwilling to be persuaded to change an opinion or decision:

She was adamant about becoming a dancer.

adamantly

adverb us /ˈæd·ə·mənt·li/

The mayor adamantly refused to consider a tax increase.

(Definition of adamant from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)