'tenacious' definitions:
Definition of 'tenacious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive]
adjective
Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding]
adjective
Sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs" [syn: coherent, tenacious]
Synonyms of 'tenacious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adherent,
- adhesive,
- amylaceous,
- assiduous,
- balking,
- balky,
- bigoted,
- bound,
- bound and determined,
- bulldogged,
- bulldoggish,
- bulldoggy,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- cartilaginous,
- case-hardened,
- chewy,
- clabbered,
- clammy,
- clinging,
- clingy,
- clotted,
- coagulated,
- cohesive,
- committed,
- constant,
- continuing,
- coriaceous,
- curdled,
- decided,
- decisive,
- dedicated,
- definite,
- determined,
- devoted,
- diligent,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- doughy,
- durable,
- earnest,
- enduring,
- faithful,
- fanatic,
- fibrous,
- firm,
- fixed,
- game,
- gamy,
- gaumy,
- gelatinous,
- glairy,
- gluelike,
- gluey,
- glutenous,
- glutinose,
- glutinous,
- good,
- gooey,
- grasping,
- gripping,
- gristly,
- gritty,
- grumous,
- gumbo,
- gumbolike,
- gumlike,
- gummous,
- gummy,
- gutsy,
- gutty,
- hard,
- hardheaded,
- hardy,
- headstrong,
- heavy,
- holding,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- inflexible,
- insistent,
- inspissated,
- intolerant,
- intransigent,
- invincible,
- jelled,
- jellied,
- jellylike,
- keeping,
- lasting,
- leatherlike,
- leathery,
- loyal,
- maintaining,
- mettlesome,
- mucilaginous,
- mulish,
- nervy,
- never-tiring,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- opinionated,
- overzealous,
- pasty,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- permanent,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- pigheaded,
- plodding,
- plucky,
- plugging,
- preoccupied,
- purposeful,
- rapt,
- red-blooded,
- refractory,
- relentless,
- resistant,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- restive,
- retaining,
- retentive,
- rigid,
- ropy,
- secure,
- sedulous,
- self-adhesive,
- self-willed,
- serious,
- set,
- sincere,
- sinewy,
- single-minded,
- slabby,
- sleepless,
- slimy,
- slithery,
- slogging,
- spirited,
- spiritful,
- spunky,
- stable,
- stalwart,
- starchy,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- stickable,
- sticky,
- stiff,
- stiff-necked,
- stodgy,
- stout,
- stringy,
- strong,
- strong-minded,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- sturdy,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- syrupy,
- tacky,
- thick,
- thickened,
- tight,
- tireless,
- tough,
- tough as leather,
- tremelloid,
- tremellose,
- true,
- unabating,
- uncompromising,
- unconquerable,
- uncooperative,
- undaunted,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unregenerate,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unshakable,
- unshakeable,
- unshaken,
- unsleeping,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- unyielding,
- utterly attentive,
- vigorous,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- weariless,
- wholehearted,
- willful,
- wiry