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tenacious > 3 senses
ADJECTIVE1tenacious, retentive, recollective, longGood at remembering
2tenacious, dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyieldingStubbornly unyielding
3tenacious, coherentSticking together
tenacious > pronunciation
Soundstahney'shahs
Rhymesabacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs...
tenacious > adjective 1
MeaningGood at remembering.
Examples"tenacious memory"
Synonymsretentive, recollective, long
Contraryunretentive, forgetful, short
See alsomindful, aware
Nounstenaciousness
tenacious > adjective 2
MeaningStubbornly unyielding.
Examples"a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
Synonymsdogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding
Similar tostubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Nounstenacity, tenaciousness
Adverbstenaciously
tenacious > adjective 3
MeaningSticking together.
Examples"tenacious burrs"
Synonymscoherent
Similar toadhesive

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