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.
Why did he insist on showing up when she was alone?

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