Adjective: tenacious tu'ney-shus
- Stubbornly persisting, refusing to give up
"a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"; "men tenacious of opinion";
- dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding
- Sticking together
"tenacious burrs";
- coherent
- Good at remembering
"tenacious memory";
- retentive, recollective, long
See also: adhesive, aware, mindful, obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate
Encyclopedia: Tenacious