9 Letter Words for Tenacious
cautiones, tenacious
8 Letter Words for Tenacious
aconites, actiones, anticous, auctions, canoeist, cautions, cotesian, counties, sonicate
7 Letter Words for Tenacious
acetins, acetoin, acetous, acinose, acinous, aconite, actions, actious, actuose, aeonist, anicuts, anticus, antoeci, asiento, atonics, atonies, auction, aunties, caniest, casinet, cations, catouse, caution, cetonia, cineast, conatus, consute, contise, contuse, costean, coteaus, cotinus, counite, cuisten, econuts, estonia, eucains, eutocia, insecta, nautics, neustic, noctuas, noetics, notices, nutcase, oceanus, octanes, outcase, section, sinuate, sociate, soutane, suction, toucans, tunicae, uncaste, unstoic, usation
6 Letter Words for Tenacious
acetin, acinos, acinus, acoine, actine, actins, action, actons, acutes, aeonic, anetic, anicut, anitos, anotus, antics, ascent, ascite, astone, atones, atonic, auntie, austin, canoes, cantos, cantus, caoine, casein, casino, casten, cation, causen, causon, cautio, centai, centas, centos, cestoi, ceston, cestui, cistae, coates, coatie, coatis, coitus, conias, conite, contas, contes, coseat, cosine, costia, cotans, coteau, cotise, counts, cousin, cueist, cuesta, cuties, cutins, cutose, econut, enacts, enatic, encist, eniacs, escout, eucain, icones, incast, incest, incuse, incute, insect, intuse, ionate, isotac, nastic, nasute, nautic, nicest, noctis, noctua, noetic, nosite, nostic, notice, oceans, octane, octans, octine, oecist, onsite, oscine, ostein, ounces, outsea, outsin, sainte, satine, sation, scient, scotia, secant, seitan, sencio, sintoc, siouan, snocat, sonica, sotnia, stance, stenia, tainos, tauons, tenias, tenuis, tineas, tinosa, tisane, tocsin, tonics, tonies, toucan, tsouic, tucson, tuinas, tunica, tunics, tuscan, uncase, uncast, uncate, unciae, uncite, uncoat, uncost, unesco, uniate, unites, unseat, unties, usance, ustion
5 Letter Words for Tenacious
acies, acnes, acoin, acone, acost, actin, acton, actos, actus, acute, ainus, aitus, anise, antes, antic, antis, aotus, ascon, ascot, astun, atocs, atone, atune, aunes, aunts, autos, cains, canes, canis, canoe, canos, canso, canst, canto, cants, caste, cates, catso, cauon, cause, ceint, centi, cento, cents, centu, cesta, cesti, cetin, cetus, ciaos, cines, cions, cista, cites, citua, coast, coate, coati, coats, coins, coits, cones, conia, const, conta, conte, conus, cosen, coset, cosie, cosin, costa, coste, cotan, cotes, count, csnet, cuits, cunea, cunei, cunit, cunts, cusie, cutes, cutie, cutin, cutis, enact, encia, eniac, entia, entsi, eosin, escot, estoc, etnas, etuis, eucti, euois, icons, ictus, inact, incas, incus, incut, insea, inset, insue, intue, inust, iotas, nates, natus, neats, necia, neist, niota, nitos, noise, notes, notus, oaten, ocean, octan, octas, oints, onces, oncet, oncia, oncus, onset, ontic, oscan, oscin, ostia, ounce, ousia, outas, outen, saice, saine, saint, sanct, sanit, santo, saone, satin, sauce, saunt, saute, scant, scaut, sceat, scena, scent, scian, scion, scone, scote, scout, scuta, scute, secno, senit, senti, seton, siena, sient, since, sitao, snite, snout, sonce, sonic, sotie, souce, souct, stain, staio, stane, staun, stean, stein, steno, stine, stion, stoae, stoai, stoic, stone, stoun, suant, suent, suine, suint, suite, taces, tacos, tacso, taino, tains, taise, tasco, tauon, tecon, tenai, tenia, tenio, tenso, tices, tiens, tinca, tinea, tines, toeas, toise, tones, tonic, tonus, tosca, touns, touse, tsine, tuans, tuina, tunas, tunca, tunes, tunic, tunis, unact, unais, unces, uncia, uncos, uniat, unice, unist, unite, units, unset, untie, usant, usent, usine, usnea, usnic, utica
4 Letter Words for Tenacious
aces, acne, acts, actu, acus, aine, ains, aint, ainu, aion, aits, aitu, ance, anes, anet, anis, ansi, ansu, ante, anti, ants, antu, anus, asci, asin, asio, ates, atis, atoc, aune, aunt, aute, auto, cain, cane, cans, cant, caon, case, cast, cate, cats, caus, ceas, cens, cent, cest, ceti, ciao, cine, cion, cist, cite, cito, cits, coat, coes, coin, coit, cone, coni, cons, cont, cose, cost, cote, cots, coua, coue, cues, cuit, cunt, cuon, cust, cute, cuts, eans, east, eats, eaus, econ, ecto, ecus, ento, eoan, eons, esau, esca, etas, etic, etna, eton, etua, etui, euoi, icao, ices, icon, inca, inst, inta, into, iocs, ions, iota, isnt, itas, nace, naio, nais, naoi, naos, nasi, naso, nast, nato, nats, natu, naut, neat, nest, neti, nets, neut, nice, nies, nist, nito, nits, noes, nose, nota, note, nots, nous, nout, nsec, nuts, oast, oats, ocas, octa, oeci, oint, onca, once, ones, onst, onus, otic, otis, otus, oust, outa, outs, saco, saic, sain, sane, sant, sate, sati, saut, scan, scat, scet, scot, scun, scut, sean, seat, seco, sect, seit, sena, sent, seta, sian, sice, sien, sina, sine, sion, sita, site, situ, snit, snot, soca, soce, sone, sout, sten, stie, stoa, stue, stun, suci, suet, suit, sune, suni, sunt, tace, taco, taen, tain, tais, tane, tans, taos, tasu, taun, taus, tean, teas, teca, tens, tiao, tice, tics, tien, ties, tinc, tine, tins, tocs, toea, toes, tone, tons, tosa, tose, toun, tsia, tsun, tuan, tues, tuis, tuna, tune, tuno, tuns, unai, unca, unce, unci, unco, uncs, unct, unie, unio, unis, unit, unta, unto, utai, utas, utes, utis
3 Letter Words for Tenacious
ace, act, aes, ain, ais, ait, anc, ane, ans, ant, anu, ase, ast, ate, cai, can, cat, cen, ceo, cia, cie, cis, cit, cns, con, cos, cot, csi, cst, cte, ctn, cto, cts, cue, cun, cut, ean, eas, eat, eau, eco, ect, ecu, enc, ens, eon, eos, esc, est, esu, eta, etc, iao, ice, inc, ins, int, ion, ios, iou, ise, isn, iso, ist, ita, its, nae, nas, nat, nco, nea, nei, neo, net, nie, nis, nit, noa, nos, not, nus, nut, oas, oat, oca, oct, oes, oie, ois, ona, one, oni, ons, ont, ose, osi, otc, oui, ous, out, sac, sai, san, sao, sat, sau, sci, sct, sea, sec, sei, sen, set, sic, sie, sin, sit, soc, son, sot, sou, sta, sue, sui, sun, tai, tan, tao, tas, tau, tea, tec, ten, tes, tic, tie, tin, tis, tiu, toa, toc, toe, toi, ton, tos, tou, tsi, tua, tue, tui, tun, uca, uit, una, unc, uni, uns, usa, use, ust, uta, utc, ute, uti, uts
Definitions for Tenacious
[1] holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of ): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
[2] highly retentive: a tenacious memory.
[3] pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate.
[4] adhesive or sticky; viscous or glutinous.
[5] holding together; cohesive; not easily pulled asunder; tough.
[6] holding or grasping firmly; forceful a tenacious grip
[7] retentive a tenacious memory
[8] stubborn or persistent a tenacious character
[9] holding together firmly; tough or cohesive tenacious cement
[10] tending to stick or adhere tenacious mud
Words related to Tenacious
stubborn, dogged, steadfast, tough, resolute, forceful, persistent, strong-willed, unswerving, determined, stout, spunky, staunch, relentless, cohesive, retentive, adamant, bound, clinging, coherent
Words nearby Tenacious
tena koe, tena korua, tena koutou, tenable, tenace, tenacious, tenacity, tenaculum, tenaculum forceps, tenafly, tenaille
Origin of Tenacious
First recorded in 1600–10; tenaci(ty) + -ous
Other words from Tenacious
te·na·cious·ly , adverb
te·na·cious·ness , noun
o·ver·te·na·cious , adjective
o·ver·te·na·cious·ly , adverb
o·ver·te·na·cious·ness , noun
un·te·na·cious , adjective
un·te·na·cious·ly , adverb
un·te·na·cious·ness , noun
Word origin for Tenacious
C16: from Latin tenāx, from tenēre to hold
Synonyms for Tenacious
cohesive, determined, dogged, forceful, persistent, relentless, resolute, spunky, staunch, steadfast, stout, strong-willed, stubborn, tough, unswerving, retentive, adamant, bound, clinging, coherent, fast, firm, inflexible, intransigent, iron, meaning business, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, persisting, pertinacious, possessive, purposeful, set, solid, stalwart, sturdy, sure, tight, true, unforgetful, unshakable