The most appropriate antonym for the word stubborn is compliant.
- Stubborn means unwilling to change one's opinion or course of action, even when faced with strong arguments or persuasion.
- Compliant means willing to obey or do as one is asked.
The other words do not have the same meaning as stubborn and are therefore not antonyms.
- Obstinate means stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
- Adamant means unyielding or inflexible in one's beliefs or opinions.
- Defiant means openly disobedient or challenging to authority.
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