Standard Lemma guide

diehard

adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈdaɪ.hɑɹd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.hɑːd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D AY1 HH AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Fanatically opposing progress or reform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A person with such an attitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

one who adheres to traditional views

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: traditionalist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conservative, conservativist

Narrower terms: Rip van Winkle

History

Etymology

Deverbal from die hard.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: patavanhoillinen — unreasonably resisting change
  • French: inflexible — unreasonably resisting change
  • French: inébranlable — unreasonably resisting change
  • French: irréductible — unreasonably resisting change
  • French: entier — unreasonably resisting change
  • Polish: oporny na zmiany — unreasonably resisting change
  • Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav — unreasonably resisting change
  • Finnish: patavanhoillinen — fanatically opposing progress
  • French: réactionnaire — fanatically opposing progress
  • French: réac — fanatically opposing progress
  • French: conservateur — fanatically opposing progress
  • Polish: twardogłowy — fanatically opposing progress
  • Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav — fanatically opposing progress
  • Bulgarian: твърдоглав (tvǎrdoglav) — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • Esperanto: ĝisosta — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • Finnish: pesunkestävä — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • French: intégriste — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • French: fanatique — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • French: illuminé — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • French: déterminé — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • French: déter — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • German: eingefleischt — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • German: hartgesotten — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • Norwegian: hardbarka — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • Polish: twardogłowy — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • Spanish: empedernido — thorough of in one's beliefs
  • Finnish: jäärä — person vehemently opposed to change
  • Polish: twardogłowy — person vehemently opposed to change
  • Polish: twardogłowa — person vehemently opposed to change