| adjective | good at remembering “a retentive mind” |
| adjective | stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot “dogged persistence” |
| adjective | sticking together “two coherent sheets” |
| retentiveness | noun | the power of retaining and recalling past experience |
| retentivity | noun | the power of retaining and recalling past experience |
| retain | verb | hold back within |
| recollect | verb | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection |
| tenaciousness | noun | persistent determination |
| doggedness | noun | persistent determination |
| persistence | noun | persistent determination |
| pertinacity | noun | persistent determination |
| tenacity | noun | persistent determination |
| unyieldingness | noun | resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible |
| coherency | noun | the state of cohering or sticking together |
| coherence | noun | the state of cohering or sticking together |
| cohere | verb | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation |