Tom is relentless.
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Relentless
//ɹɪˈlɛntləs//
Synonyms for "relentless" (244 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
habitualhardhard corehard-corehardworkingharshheartlesshideboundimmovableimmutableimplacableimpliableinalterableincessantinclementincurableindefatigableindefeasibleindomitableindustrious
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inelasticineluctableinescapableinevasibleinevitableinexorableinflexibleinhumaninsistentintractableintransigentinvincibleironironboundironcladironhandedirreconcilableirresistibleirrevocablelaboriouslastingloyalmercilessmortalmuscle boundmuscle-boundnaggingnecessarynever idlenever-tiringobdurateobstinateongoingorthodoxpatientpatient as jobpermanentperpetualperseverantperseveringpersistentpersistingpertinaciouspitiless
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (122)
ploddingpluggingpreoccupiedprocrusteanpuristpuristicpuritanpuritanicpuritanicalpurposefulraptregularremorselessrepetitiveresistlessresoluteresolvedrigidrigoristrigoristic
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rigorousrock-ribbedrockboundruthlesssavagesedulousseriousseveresinceresingle mindedsingle-mindedsleeplesssloggingstablestalwartsteadfaststeadysteelysternstiffstiff-neckedstraightlacedstraitlacedstrenuousstrictstringentstubbornsuresure as deathsure as fatetenacioustirelesstoughunabatedunabatingunaffectedunalterableunavoidableunbendingunbrokenunceasingunchangeableuncompassionateuncompassioneduncompromisingunconquerableuncontrollableundauntedundeflectableundeviatingundiscouragedundroopingunfailingunfalteringunfeelingunflaggingunflinchingunforgivingungivingunintermittinguninterruptedunmercifulunmitigatedunmovedunmovingunnoddingunpitifulunpityingunpreventableunrelaxingunrelievedunremittingunremorsefulunsleepingunsparingunstoppableunswervingunsympatheticunsympathizinguntiringunwaveringunweariedunwearyingunwinkingunyieldingutterly attentivevehementwearilesswholeheartedwithout mercyzealous
Adjective(7 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- عَدِيم الشَّفَقَة adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- قَاسٍ adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неотсла́бващ adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- непрекло́нен adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- неумоли́м adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
Catalan
2 entries- implacable adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- inexorable adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 永無止境 /永无止境 adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
Czech
4 entries- nekonečný adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- nelítostný adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- nemilosrdný adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- neochabujicí adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Dutch
2 entries- meedogenloos adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- voortdurend adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Finnish
4 entries- heltymätön adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- leppymätön adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- periksiantamaton adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- sinnikäs adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
French
3 entries- impitoyable adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- implacable adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- tenace adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Galician
4 entries- desapiadado adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- implacábel adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- incesante adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- inexorábel adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Georgian
3 entries- დაუღალავი adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- დაუცხრომელი adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- ულმობელი adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
German
4 entries- unablässig adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- unbarmherzig adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- unerbittlich adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- unermüdlich adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Irish
2 entries- gan staonadh adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- síorleanúnach adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Italian
2 entries- implacabile adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- tenace adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Latin
1 entries- inexōrābilis adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Māori
3 entries- papahueke adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- papahueke adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- āwai adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nådeløs adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Polish
4 entries- bezustanny adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- nieubłagany adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- nieugięty adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- nieustępliwy adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
Portuguese
2 entries- implacável adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- inexorável adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Romanian
1 entries- sever adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
Russian
4 entries- безжа́лостный adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- беспоща́дный adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- неослабева́ющий adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
- непрекло́нный adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
Spanish
4 entries- despiadado adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- furioso adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- implacable adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- implacable adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Ukrainian
3 entries- безжа́льний adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- безжа́лісний adj (unrelenting or unyielding in severity)
- невпи́нний adj (unremitting, steady and persistent)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
They're relentless.
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The bronze armor was useless against the Saxons' relentless attack.
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A woman did not magically appear on a space shuttle. It took Sally Ride’s relentless commitment, Mae Jemison’s boundless courage to shatter that glass ceiling.
Source: tatoeba (5215504)
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