pertinacious

Meaning

1. Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
2. Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.

Synonyms

dogged

stubborn

tenacious

persistent

obstinate

persevering

unyielding

willful

ambitious

wilful

ardent

refractory

insistent

dour

importunate

eager

opinionative

pertinaciously

adamantine

pigheaded

purposeful

stiff-necked

stubbornly

tough

unswerving

wrongheaded

unsubmissive

self willed

self opinionated

strongheaded

perverse

besetting

bulldog

confirmed

contumacious

determined

doggedly

do-or-die

hardheaded

headstrong

hidebound

intractable

mischievous

naughty

obstinately

opinionated

Translations

obstiné

tenace

hartnäckig

pertinaz

opiniâtre

vasthoudend

têtu

inatçı

pertinace

azimli

επίμονος

farouchement

tenaç

bouledogue

acharné

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs/

Etymology

From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”).