Tenacious

Definition:

  • (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
  • (a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
  • (a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
  • (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
  • (a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
  • (a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.

Compare tenacious with other words:

intractable vs. tenacious

intransigent vs. tenacious

dogmatic vs. tenacious

perverse vs. tenacious

tenacious vs. viscid

tenacious vs. tend

clingy vs. tenacious

staunch vs. tenacious

headstrong vs. tenacious

driven vs. tenacious

stedfast vs. tenacious

persistence vs. tenacious

persisting vs. tenacious

practicality vs. tenacious

relentless vs. tenacious

mobile vs. tenacious

adamant vs. tenacious

tenacious vs. tough

persevering vs. tenacious

persevere vs. tenacious

adventurous vs. tenacious

infantile vs. tenacious

demonstration vs. tenacious

perseverant vs. tenacious

perseverance vs. tenacious

persistent vs. tenacious

stubborn vs. tenacious

obstinate vs. tenacious

enduring vs. tenacious

retentive vs. tenacious

memory vs. tenacious

tenacious vs. together

cohesive vs. tenacious

holding vs. tenacious

dogged vs. tenacious

tenacious vs. yield

tenacious vs. unwilling

surface vs. tenacious

object vs. tenacious

clinging vs. tenacious

brittle vs. tenacious

pertinacious vs. tenacious

tenacious vs. tenacity

frail vs. tenacious

adhesive vs. tenacious

pragmatic vs. tenacious

obdurate vs. tenacious