Definition of
Tenacious
- (adj, all) sticking together
tenacious burrs - (adj, all) good at remembering
tenacious memory - (adj, all) stubbornly unyielding
dour determination
the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it
men tenacious of opinion
- (adj, all) sticking together
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Synonyms of Tenacious
coherent, dogged, dour, long, persistent, pertinacious, recollective, retentive, unyielding
Alternate forms of Tenacious
Derivations: tenaciousness, tenacity
Origin of the word Tenacious
- c.1600, from L. tenaci-, from tenax "holding fast" (see tenacity). Related: Tenaciously. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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