tenacious

Questions about tenacious

What does tenacious mean?

tenacious means "good at remembering". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tenacious?

tenacious has 3 syllables: te-na-cious. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /təˈneɪʃəs/.

What is another word for tenacious?

Close synonyms include retentive, recollective, long, dogged, dour. 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 tenacious a common word?

tenacious is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tenacious?

2 words rhyme with tenacious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.