Tenacity– meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘tenacity’.

The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.

No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.

It means:
1. Diligence
2. Stubbornness
3. Grip
4. The quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly

1. She clung to appearances with a tenacity that nothing could shake
2. The tenacity of this straw makes it very valuable for such purposes.
3. I was somewhat irritated at the tenacity of this amiable diplomatist.
4. Here was a combination of the tenacity of steel with much of the flexibility of rope.
5. They had no religious creed to which they adhered with any tenacity.

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
chutzpah, courage, determination, firmness, grit, guts, perseverance, persistence, spunk, steadfastness, application, backbone, doggedness, gutsiness, intransigence, moxie, nerve, obduracy, obstinacy, pertinacity, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, staunchness, willfulness, intestinal fortitude, stick-to-itiveness, strength of purpose, true grit, what it takes, determination, tenaciousness, single-mindedness, strength of will, firmness of purpose, strength of purpose, fixity of purpose, bulldog spirit,tirelessness, indefatigability, firmness, assiduity, sedulousness, relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness, implacability, stubbornness, obdurateness, etc.

Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
cowardice, fear, idleness, indolence, timidity, weakness, indecision, question, indifference, irresolution, slackness etc.