N. coherence,
adherence,
adhesion,
adhesiveness,
concretion,
accretion,
conglutination,
agglutination,
agglomeration,
aggregation,
consolidation, set,
cementation, sticking,
soldering, connection,
dependence,
tenacity,
toughness,
stickiness,
inseparability,
inseparableness,
bur,
remora,
conglomerate, concrete
V. cohere,
adhere, stick,
cling,
cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with,
clasp,
hug, grow together, hang together, twine round, stick like a leech, stick like wax, stick close, cling like ivy, cling like a bur, adhere like a remora, adhere like dejanira's shirt,
glue,
agglutinate,
conglutinate, cement,
lute, paste, gum, solder,
weld,
cake,
consolidate,
agglomerate Adj. cohesive,
adhesive,
adhering,
cohering,
tenacious,
tough,
sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile,
inseparable,
inextricable,
infrangible, compact
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
V. be tenacious, resist fracture,
grip,
grasp, stick (cohesion) 46
Adj. tenacious,
tough, strong, resisting,
sequacious,
stringy, gristly cartilaginous,
leathery,
coriaceous, tough as whitleather,
stubborn, unbreakable,
indivisible,
atomic N. obstinateness,
obstinacy,
tenacity, cussedness,
perseverance,
immovability, old school,
inflexibility,
obduracy,
obduration, dogged resolution, resolution, ruling passion, blind side,
self-will,
contumacy,
perversity, pervicacy|,
pervicacity,
indocility,
bigotry,
intolerance,
dogmatism, opiniatry|,
opiniativeness, fixed idea,
fanaticism,
zealotry,
infatuation,
monomania, opinionatedness opinionativeness,
mule, opinionist|,
opinionatist, opiniator|, opinator|,
stickler,
dogmatist,
bigot,
zealot,
enthusiast,
fanatic V. be obstinate,
stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts,
opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief, have one's own way,
persist, have the last word, insist on having the last word, die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out
Adj. obstinate,
tenacious,
stubborn,
obdurate,
casehardened, inflexible,
balky, immovable,
unshakable, not to be moved,
inert, unchangeable,
inexorable,
mulish, obstinate as a mule,
pig-headed,
dogged,
sullen,
sulky, unmoved, uninfluenced, unaffected, willful,
self-willed,
perverse,
resty, restive, restiff|,
pervicacious,
wayward,
refractory,
unruly,
heady,
headstrong, entete,
contumacious,
crossgrained, arbitrary, dogmatic, positive,
bigoted,
prejudiced, creed- bound, prepossessed,
infatuated,
stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted,
hard-mouthed,
hidebound, unyielding,
impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible,
unpersuadable, intractable, untractable,
incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason,
crotchety Phr. non possumus, no surrender, ils n'ont rien appris ne rien oublie
N. retention, retaining, keep,
detention, # custody,
tenacity, firm hold,
grasp,
gripe,
grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons,
nail,
unguis, hook,
tentacle,
tenaculum, bond,
clutches,
tongs,
forceps,
pincers,
nippers,
pliers, vice,
paw, hand, finger,
wrist,
fist,
neaf,
neif, bird in hand,
captive V. retain, keep, hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground,
clinch,
clench,
clutch,
grasp,
gripe,
hug, have a firm hold of, secure,
withhold,
detain, hold back, keep back, keep close, husband, reserve, have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock,
entail, tie up, settle
Adj. retaining, retentive,
tenacious,
unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated,
incommunicable,
inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement
