tenacious
/tə'neɪʃəs/
adjective
9 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
ADJECTIVE
1
Sticking together.
“tenacious burrs”
2
Good at remembering.
“tenacious memory”
3
Stubbornly unyielding.
“a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it”
“men tenacious of opinion”
WORD FORMS
Related formtenaciousness
Related formtenacity
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinenacioustay
Starts & ends withT … S
Syllableste · na · cious
SYNONYMS & RELATED15
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