guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory / (idiomatic) hardheaded, stubborn / (of a person) tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

Alternative form of hard-nosed

A hard-nosed person; one who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

Alternative form of hard-nosed

Alternative form of hard-nose

Alternative form of hard-nosed

plural of hard-nose

plural of hard nose