pertinacity

Questions about pertinacity

What does pertinacity mean?

pertinacity means "persistent determination".

How many syllables are in pertinacity?

pertinacity has 5 syllables: per-ti-na-ci-ty. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for pertinacity?

Close synonyms include doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pertinacity a common word?

pertinacity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.