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Another word for persistent

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Adjective

  1. Firm or obstinate, as in making a demand or maintaining a stand

    See also:

    continue

  2. Existing or occurring without interruption or end

    See also:

    continue

  3. Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time

    See also:

    continue

  4. Of long duration

    See also:

    continue

  5. Difficult to alleviate or cure

    See also:

    continue

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Another word for persistent

Modifier
  1. See also:

    resolute

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • He was completely obsessed by one persistent thought.

  • Ignoring the persistent ring, she put the chicken in the oven and closed the door.

  • All the companies, except the Nord, have at one time or another had to take advantage of the guarantee, and the fact that the Ouest had been one of the most persistent and heavy borrowers in this respect was one of the reasons that induced the government to take it over as from the 1st of January 1909.

  • The "epitheca" noticed above is in this case the persistent frontal membrane.

  • In the last months of his life, under the influence of a great national disaster, the conscientious, persistent autocrat began to suspect that his system was a mistake, but he still clung to it obstinately.

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