TENACIOUS

coherent, tenacious

(adjective) sticking together; “two coherent sheets”; “tenacious burrs”

retentive, recollective, long, tenacious

(adjective) good at remembering; “a retentive mind”; “tenacious memory”

dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)

Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.

Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.

Holding together; cohesive.

Having a good memory; retentive.

Synonyms

• (clinging to an object or surface): clingsome, sticky; see also adhesive

• (unwilling to yield or give up): pigheaded, steadfast; see also obstinate

• (holding together): coherent; see also cohesive

• (having a good memory): elephantlike, memorious; see also memorious

Anagrams

• Aceitunos, e-auctions, sauconite

Source: Wiktionary

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Te*na"cious, a. Etym: [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Tenace.]

1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.

3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil. Sir I. Newton.

4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. "Female feet, too weak to struggle with tenacious clay." Cowper.

5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. Ainsworth.

6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.

– Te*na"cious*ly, adv.

– Te*na"cious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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