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strong-minded

strong-minded adjective: having a vigorous, independent will and views.

Adjective

strong-minded (comparative more strong-minded, superlative most strong-minded)

  1. Having a vigorous, independent will and views.
    • Recognising that we are strong-minded is not the same as accepting ourselves to be stubborn or obstinate.2009, Emmy van Deurzen, Everyday Mysteries: A Handbook of Existential Psychotherapy, →ISBN
  2. (archaic) Mannish, lacking softness and femininity
    • Then there was the widow of a deceased brother of Mr Martin Chuzzlewit, who being almost supernaturally disagreeable, and having a dreary face and a bony figure and a masculine voice, was, in right of these qualities, what is commonly called a strong-minded woman; and who, if she could, would have...1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

strong-minded meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

strong-minded in Tamil

வன்னெச்சமுடைய, சேமக்காப்புப் பேழை

strong-minded in Malayalam

resolute, determined, firm
ദൃഢമതിയായ, അക്ഷര, അക്ഷോഭ്യ, ദൃഢനിശ്ചയമുള്ള, നിശ്ചയദാർഢ്യമുള്ള, സ്ഥിരനിശ്ചയമുള്ള

strong-minded in Kannada

ಮನೋದಾರ್ಢ್ಯವುಳ್ಳ, ಮನಃ ಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯದ, ದೃಢಮನಸ್ಸಿನ, ವಿವೇಚನಶಕ್ತಿಯುಳ್ಳ

Forms of strong-minded

comparativemore strong-minded
superlativemost strong-minded
alternative formstrongminded

Words formed from strong-minded

Questions about strong-minded

What does strong-minded mean?
Strong-minded means having a vigorous, independent will and views.
What is strong-minded in Tamil?
Strong-minded in Tamil is வன்னெச்சமுடைய, சேமக்காப்புப் பேழை. See Strong-minded meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is strong-minded?
Strong-minded is an adjective.

Words near strong-minded in the dictionary

  1. strong-handedly
  2. strong-handedness
  3. strong-hearted
  4. strong-heartedly
  5. strong-heartedness
  6. strong-minded
  7. strong-mindedly
  8. strong-mindedness
  9. strong-water
  10. strong-waters
  11. strong-willed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: strong-minded (page history and authors); strong-minded (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strong-minded (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); strong-minded (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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