Antonyms of adj stiff-necked

1 sense of stiff-necked

Sense 1
stiff-necked -- (haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin")

INDIRECT (VIA stubborn) -> docile -- (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation")

Similarity of adj stiff-necked

1 sense of stiff-necked

Sense 1
stiff-necked -- (haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin")
       => stubborn (vs. docile), obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

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