Synonyms for Tenacious
təˈneɪ ʃəstena·cious

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1. tenacious

   Synonyms:
   retentive, adhesive, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn, jealous, chary

   Antonyms:
   irretentive, inadhesive, pliant, tenacious, yielding, liberal, prodigal, bountiful

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1. retentive, recollective, long, tenaciousadjective

   good at remembering

   "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"

   Synonyms:
   prospicient, farsighted, recollective, persistent, tenacious, dour, long, foresightful, retentive, farseeing, coherent, foresighted, longsighted, dogged, unyielding, pertinacious

   Antonyms:
   nonadhesive, docile

2. dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyieldingadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   saturnine, relentless, sullen, grim, long, sour, morose, haunting, retentive, dark, unyielding, moody, tenacious, recollective, dour, coherent, lasting, pertinacious, dogged, glowering, forbidding, unrelenting, glum, persistent

   Antonyms:
   nonadhesive, docile

3. coherent, tenaciousadjective

   sticking together

   "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"

   Synonyms:
   persistent, consistent, ordered, long, dour, recollective, lucid, logical, tenacious, retentive, coherent, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious

   Antonyms:
   nonadhesive, docile

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1. tenaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   retentive, apt to retain

2. tenaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging

3. tenaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive, pig-headed

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1. tenaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   retentive, cohesive, tough, pertinacious, persistent

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1. List of paraphrases for "tenacious":

   indomitable, stubborn, persistent, strenuous, dogged, insistent, tireless

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1. Julius Jones:

   When she started talking about the particulars of Julius's case, how this or that should have been pointed out early on. I was like,' Yeah, she's gon na be a tenacious lawyer -- like her dad,' you can tell how serious she was. It was amazing to see her break down certain things and, you know, you're usually looking at her fashion.

2. Olivia Phillips:

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3. Chief Axtell:

   After years of tenacious work by investigators and our law enforcement partners, we are one step closer to getting justice for Heidi Firkus and the truth for everyone who loved Heidi Firkus — especially Heidi Firkus mother, father and brothers.

4. Peter Lasagna:

   Jack is one of the most tenacious and gracious and humble people Ive ever coached, he is a loved young man whom everyone is rooting for.

5. Pascal Daniel:

   They can be quite tenacious when they are in a pack.