What is another word for pertinacious?
561 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˌɜːtɪnˈe͡ɪʃəs], [ pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs], [ p_ˌɜː_t_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_s]
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Similar words for pertinacious:
- bullheaded (adjective)
- deaf (adjective)
- difficult (adjective)
- diligent (adjective)
- doctrinaire (adjective)
- dogged (adjective)
- hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
- hardheaded (adjective)
- importunate (adjective)
- incompliant (adjective)
- indefatigable (adjective)
- indomitable (adjective)
- intractable (adjective)
- intractable /intransigent (adjective)
- obstinate (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- peevish (adjective)
- persistent (adjective)
- relentless (adjective)
- stiff (adjective)
- stubborn (adjective)
- tenacious (adjective)
- unbendable (adjective)
- uncompliant (adjective)
- untiring (adjective)
- unyielding (adjective)
- bulldog (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Pertinacious:
adj.
• bullheaded (adjective) • deaf (adjective) • difficult (adjective) • diligent (adjective)- un flagging,
- more persisting,
- grindest,
- more diligent,
- un relenting,
- most plugging,
- Operose,
- steadfast,
- un-relenting,
- more plugging,
- most persisting,
- un-flagging.
- un bending,
- in-exorable,
- staunch,
- single minded,
- re solute,
- in exorable,
- un-shakable,
- more perseverative,
- un shakable,
- more perseverant,
- re-solute,
- un-bending,
- most perseverative,
- most perseverant.
- most toughnut,
- levelheaded,
- more toughnut,
- more unsentimental,
- un sentimental,
- hard-nosed,
- more tough-nut,
- more tough nut,
- hard boiled,
- toughnut,
- most tough-nut,
- most hardheaded,
- more hard nosed,
- most tough nut,
- hard nosed,
- most unsentimental,
- un-sentimental.
- un-flinching,
- bound determined,
- stop nothing,
- stop at nothing,
- in-exhaustible,
- most unwearying,
- un faltering,
- un remitting,
- un-wavering,
- in exhaustible,
- more unwearying,
- un wearying,
- hell bent,
- un flinching,
- nose grindstone,
- un-faltering,
- un-remitting,
- un-wearying,
- un-wearied,
- hell-bent,
- un wearied,
- un wavering.
- un-assailable,
- un-beatable,
- in-surmountable,
- in-superable,
- un-conquerable,
- in superable,
- in vincible,
- un conquerable,
- in-vulnerable,
- more undefeatable,
- un beatable,
- most undefeatable,
- in surmountable,
- un assailable,
- in vulnerable,
- in-vincible.
- most bull headed,
- in tractable,
- bull headed,
- in-tractable,
- pig headed,
- most bull-headed,
- more bull-headed,
- more bull headed.
- un-governable,
- un pliablest,
- un-pliablest,
- un-compromising,
- hardline,
- un manageable,
- un pliabler,
- unpliabler,
- in-docile,
- in soluble,
- in docile,
- un pliable,
- un cooperative,
- un-pliabler,
- set stone,
- un disciplined,
- in-soluble,
- un compromising,
- un-manageable,
- unpliablest,
- in-curable,
- un-disciplined,
- un governable,
- un-cooperative,
- un-pliable,
- most intransigent,
- in curable.
- Pig-headed,
- inelastic,
- bigoted,
- uncompromising,
- opinionative,
- hidebound,
- brass-bound,
- contrary,
- rigid,
- bovine.
- neverending,
- waspy,
- brassbound,
- set in stone,
- Impliable,
- out-of-sorts,
- tough-nut,
- bull-headed,
- nose to grindstone,
- mule,
- Perseverant,
- indomitable,
- unsentimental,
- tenacious,
- hard line,
- tough nut,
- dead set on,
- die hard,
- relentless,
- peevish,
- in for long haul,
- non-stop,
- stiff,
- Incompliant,
- like bad penny,
- undefeatable,
- singleminded,
- untiring,
- unwearying,
- persevering,
- hard core,
- diligent,
- hellbent,
- hardboiled,
- unyielding,
- grinder,
- unabated,
- set in one's ways,
- unbendable,
- grousing,
- willful,
- uncompliant,
- bulldogged,
- locked in,
- hardnosed,
- Unpliable,
- dogged,
- perseverative.
- most out-of-sorts,
- most out of sorts,
- more growling,
- Fretting,
- most cussed,
- badtempered,
- most whining,
- waspiest,
- more out-of-sorts,
- more whining,
- fault finding,
- more caviling,
- ill natured,
- more out of sorts,
- most grousing,
- most fretting,
- waspier,
- bad tempered,
- illnatured,
- short tempered,
- ogrer,
- splenetic,
- more grousing,
- most splenetic,
- most caviling,
- ogrest,
- more splenetic,
- more fretting,
- shorttempered,
- more cussed,
- most growling.
- un stoppable,
- un-abated,
- most unabated,
- un-relieved,
- un-broken,
- unstoppable,
- more unbroken,
- un relieved,
- most unstoppable,
- non stop,
- un broken,
- un abated,
- more unabated,
- un-stoppable,
- more unstoppable,
- most unbroken.
- un-easiest,
- more unrelaxed,
- un gainliest,
- un gainly,
- un-natural,
- unrelaxed,
- un gainlier,
- un easy,
- most unrelaxed,
- un-graceful,
- un-easier,
- un graceful,
- un easiest,
- un relaxed,
- un easier,
- un-gainly,
- un-relaxed.
- set ones ways,
- in-subordinate,
- set in ones ways,
- set one's ways,
- in subordinate,
- un reasonable,
- un-reasonable,
- set ways,
- set one ways,
- set in ways,
- set in one ways.
- fireball,
- hyper,
- GOGO,
- undeterred,
- go-go.
n.
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•
- continue.
- stand,
- bloody-minded,
- bent,
- intent,
- penny,
- gutsy,
- driven,
- obstinate,
- doughty,
- bound,
- monolithic,
- inflexible,
- stern,
- earnest,
- forceful,
- stubborn,
- going,
- stout,
- fast,
- fervent,
- adamant,
- persevere,
- insistent,
- set,
- importunate,
- stouthearted,
- determined,
- aggressive,
- strong-minded,
- ravening,
- urgent,
- inch,
- strong,
- robustly,
- bullish,
- unrelenting,
- fury,
- intransigent,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- tough,
- headstrong,
- single-minded,
- immovable,
- strident,
- rain,
- gritty,
- iron,
- mulish,
- unbending,
- obdurate,
- undaunted,
- dauntless,
- dour,
- gun,
- pigheaded,
- firm,
- sustained,
- resolute,
- smartly,
- dig,
- budge,
- hard-boiled,
- self-willed,
- shrill,
- square,
- bullheaded,
- serious,
- sturdy,
- militant,
- feisty,
- Four-square,
- Hell,
- manfully,
- stoutly,
- flinty,
- stick,
- purposeful,
- daunt,
- go-getter,
- pushy,
- adamantine,
- concerted,
- wilful,
- incorrigible,
- stop,
- wedded,
- take,
- steely,
- lean,
- Hard-headed,
- strong-willed,
- redoubtable,
- competitive,
- persistent,
- firmly,
- recalcitrant,
- sit.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- patient,
- stiff-necked.
- unconquerable,
- dogmatic,
- coherent,
- conscientious,
- intense,
- slogging,
- zealous,
- affirmed,
- faithful,
- bold,
- unflagging,
- spirited,
- immutable,
- moody,
- sullen,
- unswerving,
- decided,
- contumacious,
- indefatigable,
- exorbitant,
- forbidding,
- stony,
- clamant,
- Gutty,
- continuing,
- rebellious,
- nervy,
- draining,
- undiscouraged,
- taxing,
- Inconvincible,
- fixed,
- Hustling,
- grim,
- hardworking,
- inalterable,
- Plugging,
- unshakeable,
- fanatical,
- gamey,
- preoccupied,
- energetic,
- against the grain,
- overzealous,
- unalterable,
- refractory,
- plucky,
- invincible,
- unwavering,
- settled,
- clamorous,
- pat,
- loyal,
- gamy,
- unfaltering,
- unwearied,
- glowering,
- unremitting,
- purposive,
- enduring,
- unmoving,
- Unrelaxing,
- confirmed,
- tireless,
- Unintermitting,
- unshaken,
- definite,
- spunky,
- fanatic,
- pressing,
- unchanging,
- extortionate,
- persisting,
- unregenerate,
- assiduous,
- red-blooded,
- case-hardened,
- hard-working,
- inexorable,
- vigorous,
- stalwart,
- game,
- Undrooping,
- dynamic,
- uncooperative,
- balky,
- self-opinionated,
- morose,
- constant,
- granitic,
- sincere,
- hard,
- vital,
- unfailing,
- sour,
- crying,
- loud,
- positive,
- grasping,
- sure,
- intolerant,
- steady,
- rapt,
- long,
- devoted,
- dark,
- uninterrupted,
- certain,
- lively,
- irreversible,
- changeless,
- froward,
- demanding,
- undeviating,
- never-tiring,
- sticking together,
- attentive,
- exigent,
- enthusiastic,
- stable,
- unhesitant,
- restive,
- Begging,
- industrious,
- Weariless,
- recollective,
- wayward,
- lasting,
- exacting,
- unsleeping,
- unhesitating,
- unchangeable,
- instant,
- bulletheaded,
- eager,
- unabating,
- plodding,
- intended,
- glum,
- deaf,
- balking,
- planned,
- intentional,
- deliberate,
- Spiritful,
- strenuous,
- active,
- permanent,
- sleepless,
- resolved,
- saturnine,
- solicitous,
- mettlesome,
- opinionated,
- sulky,
- unflinching.
How to use "Pertinacious" in context?
The word "pertinacious" has many meanings. It can describe someone who is persistent in achieving a goal or something that is vigorously pursued. It is also derived from the Latin word "pertinax" which means unyielding. The adjective "pertinacious" is usually used to describe someone who is determined and never gives up. Although "pertinacious" can be seen as a positive quality, it can also be used to describe someone who is excessively determined or pushy.
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