Related Searches
Nearby Words
Stick to itiveness
| Main Entry: |
durability
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sturdiness over time |
| Synonyms: | backbone, constancy, durableness, endurance, grit, guts*, gutsiness, hard as nails, heart*, imperishability, intestinal fortitude, lastingness, moxie*, permanence, persistence, stamina, starch, staying power, stick-to-itiveness |
| Antonyms: | impermanency, poorness, unreliability, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perseverance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diligence, hard work |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, constancy, continuance, cool, dedication, determination, doggedness, drive, endurance, grit, guts*, immovability, indefatigability, moxie*, persistence, pertinacity, pluck, prolonging, purposefulness, pursuance, resolution, sedulity, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness, tenacity |
| Antonyms: | apathy, idleness, indolence, laziness, lethargy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tenacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diligence, stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | application, backbone, chutzpah*, clock, courage, determination, doggedness, firmness, grit, guts*, gutsiness, guttiness, heart*, inflexibility, intestinal fortitude, intransigence, moxie*, nerve, obduracy, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, spunk, starch, staunchness, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness, stomach*, strength of purpose, true grit, what it takes, willfulness |
| Antonyms: | indifference, irresolution, slackness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | alacrity, ardor, bustle, determination, devotion, diligence, dispatch, drive, eagerness, earnestness, enterprise, fanaticism, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, hustle, inclination, initiative, intensity, intentness, keenness, mania, passion, perseverance, push, readiness, sincerity, spirit, stick-to-itiveness, urgency, vehemence, verve, warmth, what-it-takes, yen, zest |
| Notes: | zeal pertains to a keen interest while zest is keen enjoyment or added interest |
| Antonyms: | apathy, indifference, lethargy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Concept: | Perseverance. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
perseverance; continuance (inaction); permanence (absence of change); firmness (stability)., constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose; persistence, plodding, patience; sedulity (industry); pertinacy, pertinacity, pertinaciousness; iteration, bottom, game, pluck, stamina, backbone, grit; indefatigability, indefatigableness; bulldog courage.
-verbs
persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work (work); continue; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.
-adjectives
persevering, constant; steady, steadfast; undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping, unflagging, undrooping; steady as time; unintermitting, unremitting; plodding; industrious; strenuous; pertinacious; persisting, persistent., solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself; unchangeable; unconquerable (strong); indomitable, game to the last, indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring.
-adverbs
through evil report and good report, through thick and thin, through fire and water; per fas et nefas; without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere.
-phrases
never say die; vestigia nulla retrorsum; aut vincer aut mori; la garde meurt et ne se rend pas; tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre.
|
| Browse Concept Index » | |
| Concept: | Tenacity. |
| Category: | 1. Solid Matter |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion); grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion) [more]; sequacity; stubbornness (obstinacy); glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquididty) [more]., leather; white leather, whitleather; gristle, cartilage.
-verbs
be tenacious; resist fracture.
-adjectives
tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly; cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather; stubborn (obstinate).
|
| Antonyms: | brittleness |
| Browse Concept Index » | |
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
