tenacious

1. a. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. Source: opted

2. a. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory. Source: opted

3. a. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil. Source: opted

4. a. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. Source: opted

5. a. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. Source: opted

6. a. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. Source: opted

7. adj. good at remembering Source: wordnet

8. adj. stubbornly unyielding Source: wordnet

9. adj. sticking together Source: wordnet

10. 1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. 2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory. 3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil. Sir I. Newton. 4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. "Female feet, too weak to struggle with tenacious clay." Cowper. 5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. Ainsworth. 6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. -- Te*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Te*na"cious*ness, n. Source: webster

11. j:100 a good at remembering s stubbornly unyielding s sticking together Source: ecdict

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