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adjective
- 1. tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely: "a tenacious grip" Similar Opposite
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TENACIOUS definition: 1. holding tightly onto something, or keeping an opinion in a determined way: 2. holding tightly…. Learn more.
1. a. : not easily pulled apart : cohesive. a tenacious metal. b. : tending to adhere or cling especially to another substance. tenacious burs. 2. a. : persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired. a tenacious advocate of civil rights. tenacious negotiators. b. : retentive. a tenacious memory. tenaciously adverb.
Use tenacious to mean "not easily letting go or giving up," like a clingy child who has a tenacious grip on his mother's hand. A strong grip or an unyielding advocate might both be described as tenacious, a word whose synonyms include resolute, firm, and persistent.
Tenacious definition: holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of). See examples of TENACIOUS used in a sentence.
If you describe something such as an idea or belief as tenacious, you mean that it has a strong influence on people and is difficult to change or remove. ...a remarkably tenacious belief that was to dominate future theories of military strategy. More Synonyms of tenacious. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
TENACIOUS meaning: 1. holding tightly onto something, or keeping an opinion in a determined way: 2. holding tightly…. Learn more.
adjective. /təˈneɪʃəs/. /təˈneɪʃəs/. (formal) that does not stop holding something or give up something easily; determined. a tenacious grip. She's a tenacious woman. She never gives up. The party has kept its tenacious hold on power for more than twenty years.
