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tenacious
Meaning: holding firmly; persistent
tenacious in a sentence
How tenacious is used in real sentences:
Her tenacious grip on the rope kept the climber from falling.
Her tenacious grip on the rope kept the climber from falling.
“Bus routes had changed and buildings were gone, but Leo remained tenacious, matching slanted letters from the notebooks with faded signatures in library records.”
— from the passage The Slanted Signature
Synonyms for tenacious
Other words for tenacious — persistent, dogged and resolute — carry the same meaning.
- persistent
- dogged
- resolute
Antonyms of tenacious
Words that mean the opposite of tenacious:
- yielding
- irresolute
Where it comes from
From Latin tenere 'to hold'
Word parts
- ten/tain/tin — hold, keep
tenacious: ten (hold) + -acious (inclined to)
Memory hook
TENACIOUS — holds on, TEN fingers tight.