TENACIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does tenacious mean? • TENACIOUS (adjective)
The adjective TENACIOUS has 3 senses:
1. good at remembering
2. stubbornly unyielding
3. sticking together
Familiarity information: TENACIOUS used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TENACIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Good at remembering
Synonyms:
tenacious; retentive; recollective; long
Context examples:
a retentive mind / tenacious memory
Also:
aware; mindful (bearing in mind; attentive to)
Meaning:
Stubbornly unyielding
Synonyms:
dogged; dour; pertinacious; unyielding; tenacious
Context examples:
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 / men tenacious of opinion
Similar:
obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
Meaning:
Sticking together
Synonyms:
coherent; tenacious
Context examples:
two coherent sheets / tenacious burrs
Similar:
adhesive (tending to adhere)
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