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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How to use tenacious in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. 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!

3. Reed Scherer:

   It really shows how tenacious life is, the possibilities are just beyond our prediction.

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. 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.