Another word for insist | Synonyms for insist

Another word for insist

insist Synonyms

insist

v.

To declare firmly or persistently
maintain, contend, assert, dwell on; see declare 1, emphasize.
To demand
request, order, exhort; see ask 1, command 1, require 2.

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Another word for insist

verb

To take and maintain a stand obstinately:
persevere, persist. See continue
To solicit (something) insistently:
press, urge. See continue, seek

phrasal verb insist on or upon

To ask for urgently or insistently:

call for, claim, demand, exact, require, requisition. Idiom: cry out for. See request

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I insist that you hire someone to help.
Alpatych did not insist further.
You want me to think of all this as ours, but how can I when you insist that the problems are all yours?
If you insist on going, this is the route you must take.
I shall not attempt to conquer her by force alone; but I shall insist on reasonable obedience from the start.

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