1. Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as a stringy root.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
Filament Roget’s Thesaurus §205
N. filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand
Adj. filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous
Tenacity Roget’s Thesaurus §327
N. {ant. 328} tenacity, toughness, strength, # (cohesion) 46, grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion) 46, sequacity, stubbornness &c. (obstinacy), glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity) 352, leather, white leather, whitleather, gristle, cartilage, unbreakability, tensile strength
Adj. tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather, stubborn, unbreakable, indivisible, atomic
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