Tenacious
[tɪ'neɪʃəs] or [tə'neʃəs]
Definition
(a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
(a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
(a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
(a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
(a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
(a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Retentive, apt to retain.[2]. Adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging.[3]. Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive, pig-headed.
Editor: Ryan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Retentive, adhesive, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn, jealous, chary
ANT:Irretentive, inadhesive, pliant, tenacious, yielding, liberal, prodigal,bountiful
Inputed by Isabella
Definition
adj. retaining or holding fast: apt to stick: stubborn.—adv. Tenā′ciously.—ns. Tenā′ciousness Tenac′ity quality of being tenacious: the quality of bodies which makes them stick to others.
Edited by Hattie
Examples
- The more tenacious the memory, the richer the supply of image s, the greater the powers of adaptation and survival. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But the constitution of joint-stock companies renders them in general, more tenacious of established rules than any private copartnery. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her affections were not acute, nor was her mind tenacious. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- After tea Shirley reads, and she is just about as tenacious of her book as she is lax of her needle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Hattie