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tenacious |
Grep of noun tenacious tenaciousness Overview of adj tenacious The adj tenacious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding -- (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"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion") 2. long, tenacious -- ((of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory") 3. coherent, tenacious -- (sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs") Antonyms of adj tenacious 3 senses of tenacious Sense 1 bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding INDIRECT (VIA stubborn) -> docile Sense 2 long, tenacious INDIRECT (VIA retentive) -> unretentive, forgetful Sense 3 coherent, tenacious INDIRECT (VIA adhesive) -> nonadhesive Similarity of adj tenacious 3 senses of tenacious Sense 1 bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding => stubborn (vs. docile) Sense 2 long, tenacious => retentive (vs. unretentive) Sense 3 coherent, tenacious => adhesive (vs. nonadhesive) Attributes of adj tenacious Familiarity of adj tenacious tenacious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj tenacious tenacious Overview of adj tenacious The adj tenacious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding -- (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"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion") 2. long, tenacious -- ((of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory") 3. coherent, tenacious -- (sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs")
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