Synonyms and Antonyms of ramrod
given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint
- a ramrod camp director who's been known to send kids home for a minor infraction of the rules
austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, tough
demanding, exacting
uncharitable, unforgiving
adamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding
dour, gruff
ascetic (also ascetical), monastic, monkish
browbeating, bullying
determined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinching
dogged, intractable, obstinate, relentless
easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemanding
charitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softhearted
accepting, compromising, yielding
responsive, willing
acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant
