tenacious

Phonetic Respelling: [ tuh-ney-shuhs ]

Definition:

adj. 1 not easily pulled apart b. tending to adhere or cling 2 persistent in adhering to something valued or desired 3 retentive

Sentence:

She was tenacious and kept trying until she solved the puzzle.

More example sentences:

He has a tenacious grip on my arm.

Hear it

Synonyms:

persistent; determined; resolute; steadfast

Antonyms:

weak; yielding; flexible; easily discouraged

Tenacious rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • gracious
  • spacious
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • audacious
  • capacious
  • ceraceous
  • cretaceous
  • fallacious
  • flirtatious
  • hellacious
  • herbaceous
  • horatius
  • ignatius
  • loquacious
  • predaceous
  • salacious
  • sebaceous
  • vexatious
  • vivacious
  • voracious
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • efficacious
  • ostentatious