tenacious

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. sticking together
- two coherent sheets
- tenacious burrs
• Syn:
coherent
• Similar to:
adhesive
• Derivationally related forms:
coherency (for: coherent), coherence (for: coherent), cohere (for: coherent)
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"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
• Syn:
dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding
• Similar to:
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
• Derivationally related forms:
unyieldingness (for: unyielding), tenaciousness, tenacity, pertinacity (for: pertinacious), persistence (for: persistent), doggedness (for: dogged)
3. good at remembering
- a retentive mind
- tenacious memory
• Syn:
retentive, recollective, long
• Ant:
unretentive (for: retentive)
• See Also:
mindful, aware
• Derivationally related forms:
tenaciousness, recollect (for: recollective), retentiveness (for: retentive), retentivity (for: retentive), retain (for: retentive)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  coherent, dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding, retentive, recollective, long
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  unretentive, forgetful, short