Meaning & Definition of Tenacious in English
English⟶
Tenacious
/təneʃəs/
adjective
1. Good at remembering
- "A retentive mind"
- "Tenacious memory"
synonym:
- retentive,
- recollective,
- long,
- tenacious
2. 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"
synonym:
- dogged,
- dour,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- tenacious,
- unyielding
3. Sticking together
- "Two coherent sheets"
- "Tenacious burrs"
synonym:
- coherent,
- tenacious
Examples of using
Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.