tenacious

tenacious is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
2. adjective. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
3. adjective. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
4. adjective. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
5. adjective. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
6. adjective. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
7. adjective. sticking together

   "two coherent sheets"

   "tenacious burrs"

   Synonyms: coherent

8. adjective. good at remembering

   "a retentive mind"

   "tenacious memory"

   Synonyms: long, recollective, retentive

9. adjective. stubbornly unyielding- T.S.Eliot

   "dogged persistence"

   "dour determination"

   Synonyms: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding

Synonyms

coherent, long, recollective, retentive, dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding

Common word forms

tenaciously, tenaciousness

Words from these letters

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