a. | 1. | Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd; practical and pragmatic. |
Adj. | 1. | hardheaded - unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack Synonyms: mulish |
2. | hardheaded - 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" |