Earnest
Earnest adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.
Pertinacious and earnest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pertinacious" instead an adjective "Earnest".
Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly
Pertinacious
Pertinacious adjective - Continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
Earnest and pertinacious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Earnest" instead an adjective "Pertinacious".
Nearby Word: pertinacity
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- steady and earnest
- steady and pertinacious
- devoted and earnest
- devoted and pertinacious
- firm and earnest
- firm and pertinacious
- resolute and earnest
- resolute and pertinacious
- determined and earnest
- determined and pertinacious
- fixed and earnest
- fixed and pertinacious
- resolved and earnest
- resolved and pertinacious
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Pertinacious and Earnest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/earnest/pertinacious
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Pertinacious or Earnest. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/earnest/pertinacious.
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