Synonyms for tenacious
təˈneɪ ʃəstena·cious

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1. tenacious

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

   Antonyms:
   irretentive, inadhesive, pliant, 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, 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, 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, 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. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised; as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.

2. Dan Perry:

   Laub has been a thoughtful student of the region for decades, achieving an insider's view that enables her to execute stories that dig deep and go beyond the headlines, she's tenacious and tireless, with a deeply human perspective. Our coverage of Jordan, a complex place in a dangerous neighborhood, should benefit greatly.

3. Victor Hugo:

   Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.

4. 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.

5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   Most men act real stupid trying to restrain the emotions of an emotionally strong and tenacious woman. They often find themselves in an -emotional quick sand- the more they wiggle, the deeper they sink-after someone dies of course! what stupidity!