tenacity
Refusing to quit
Tenacity is persistent determination—the quality of holding firmly to a purpose or position despite obstacles.
A reporter with tenacity keeps digging when others give up.
Her tenacity in pursuing the case eventually paid off.
The word implies grip, like a dog that won't release what it has clamped its jaws around.
Enduring courage under pain
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
robustness · durability · strength · backbone · grit · mettle · survival · recovery
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
willpower · commitment · dedication · firmness · constancy · purposefulness · single-mindedness · relentlessness
Boldness before danger
- pluckSpirit or yank
- spunkInformal word for courage
- valorCourage in danger
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
boldness · intrepidity · dauntlessness · nerve · daring · audacity · gallantry · heroism
Attention to every detail
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- applicationFormal request document
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- industriousnessHabitual hard work
assiduousness · conscientiousness · meticulousness · attentiveness · carefulness · tirelessness · earnestness · concentration
fortitude
Enduring courage under pain
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
stamina · robustness · durability · strength · backbone · grit · mettle · survival · recovery · bounce-back
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
doggedness · willpower · commitment · dedication · firmness · constancy · purposefulness · single-mindedness · relentlessness · obstinacy
bravery
Boldness before danger
fearlessness · boldness · intrepidity · dauntlessness · nerve · daring · audacity · gallantry · heroism · indomitability
thoroughness
Attention to every detail
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- applicationFormal request document
- effortApplied energy toward goals
industriousness · assiduousness · conscientiousness · meticulousness · attentiveness · carefulness · tirelessness · earnestness · concentration · painstaking
- powerauthority, electric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
- ambitionaspire, ambition, aspiration, goal, strive
- attitudespositive, negative, ambition, apathy, curiosity
- competitivenessrivalry, vying, contending, outdoing, outperforming
- dog traitsloyal, friendly, loyalty, devoted, playful
- endurancestamina, endure, perseverance, persistence, staying power
tenacitygiving up
Choosing to stop trying
irresolution · capitulation · surrender · fickleness · inconstancy
tenacitylooseness
State of not tight
slackness · letting go · release · slipperiness · detachment
tenacityfragility
Ease of breaking
brittleness · flimsiness · weakness · friability · delicacy
- Tenacious DComedy rock band