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.

Tenacious — meaning, pronunciation and 3 senses

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
good at remembering
“a retentive mind”
“tenacious memory”
Synonymsretentive recollective long
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”
“men tenacious of opinion”
Synonymsdogged dour persistent pertinacious unyielding
Similarstubborn
3.
sticking together
“two coherent sheets”
“tenacious burrs”
Synonymscoherent
Similaradhesive

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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tenacious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
good at remembering
“a retentive mind”
“tenacious memory”
Synonymsretentive recollective long
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”
“men tenacious of opinion”
Synonymsdogged dour persistent pertinacious unyielding
Similarstubborn
3.
sticking together
“two coherent sheets”
“tenacious burrs”
Synonymscoherent
Similaradhesive

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.

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