Thesaurus / tenacity
other words for tenacity
- chutzpah
- courage
- determination
- firmness
- grit
- guts
- perseverance
- persistence
- spunk
- steadfastness
- application
- backbone
- clock
- doggedness
- gutsiness
- heart
- inflexibility
- intransigence
- moxie
- nerve
- obduracy
- obstinacy
- pertinacity
- resoluteness
- resolution
- resolve
- starch
- staunchness
- stomach
- willfulness
- guttiness
- intestinal fortitude
- stick-to-itiveness
- strength of purpose
- true grit
- what it takes
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His coaching philosophy was built on understanding his players, then finding the right blend of talent and tenacity to build a winning team.
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So I think tenacity is one thing, but wearing them down is another.
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Whatever the strategy, or lack of one, Musk’s drive for creative undertakings is relentless, and he seems to approach virtually everything in his life with the same level of tenacity, whether he’s right or wrong.
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In the intervening months since the pandemic took hold, the industry has repeatedly demonstrated its tenacity.
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Not by excesses, tumults, and folly, but by unshaken firmness and tenacity we shall promote science and freedom.
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The tenacity they had displayed during their conflict with Assyria had effaced the remembrance of their defeat.
Nor was the tenacity of the tribal system more remarkable than its universality.
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But the tenacity of his ideal of no concession allowed it to pass.
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The types thus formed and thus discriminated are vital, and persist for centuries with the tenacity of physical growths.
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With what tremulous joy had I repeated after the priest those two words of tenacity and submission.
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WORDS RELATED TO TENACITY
- aplomb
- assurance
- backbone
- boldness
- brashness
- certainty
- cool
- courage
- daring
- dash
- determination
- elan
- faith in oneself
- fearlessness
- firmness
- fortitude
- grit
- hardihood
- heart
- impudence
- intrepidity
- mettle
- morale
- nerve
- pluck
- poise
- presumption
- reliance
- resoluteness
- resolution
- self-possession
- self-reliance
- spirit
- spunk
- sureness
- tenacity
- élan
- aplomb
- assurance
- backbone
- boldness
- brashness
- certainty
- cool
- courage
- daring
- dash
- determination
- elan
- faith in oneself
- fearlessness
- firmness
- fortitude
- grit
- hardihood
- heart
- impudence
- intrepidity
- mettle
- morale
- nerve
- pluck
- poise
- presumption
- reliance
- resoluteness
- resolution
- self-possession
- self-reliance
- spirit
- spunk
- sureness
- tenacity
- élan
- abidingness
- adherence
- allegiance
- ardor
- attachment
- certainty
- decision
- dependability
- determination
- devotedness
- devotion
- doggedness
- eagerness
- earnestness
- endurance
- faith
- fealty
- fidelity
- firmness
- honesty
- honor
- integrity
- love
- loyalty
- permanence
- perseverance
- principle
- regularity
- resolution
- stability
- staunchness
- steadfastness
- steadiness
- surety
- tenacity
- trustiness
- trustworthiness
- truthfulness
- unchangeableness
- unfailingness
- uniformity
- zeal
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