Tenacious Synonyms and Antonyms

tə-nāshəs
Adhesive
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. retentive
  2. sticky
  3. clinging
  4. inseparable
  5. waxy
  6. fast
  7. resisting
  8. gummy
  9. firm
  10. coherent
  11. coriaceous
  12. viscous
  13. secure
  14. viscid
  15. glutinous
  16. tight
Antonyms:
  1. loose
  2. slack
  3. lax
  4. unretentive
  5. unattached

Words Related to Tenacious

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Tenacious Sentence Examples

  • Still alive... tenacious... serves him right!

  • They made the difference, and they were both tenacious enough to make it last.

  • Cynthia Byrne never opened her eyes and clung to Dean's right arm with such a tenacious grip he thought he'd be permanently scarred.

  • Tenacious soils and subsoils, with a small supply of water, require beds as narrow as 30 ft.

  • For building purposes stones were got out, dressed, carved and sculptured with stone hammers and chisels made of hard and tenacious rock.

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