Persistent Synonyms and Antonyms

pər-sĭstənt
Firm or obstinate, as in making a demand or maintaining a stand
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. importunate
  2. importune
  3. insistent
  4. urgent
Existing or occurring without interruption or end
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. around-the-clock
  2. ceaseless
  3. constant
  4. continual
  5. continuous
  6. endless
  7. eternal
  8. everlasting
  9. incessant
  10. interminable
  11. nonstop
  12. ongoing
  13. perpetual
  14. relentless
  15. round-the-clock
  16. timeless
  17. unceasing
  18. unending
  19. unfailing
  20. uninterrupted
  21. unremitting
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Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. lasting
  2. abiding
  3. continuing
  4. durable
  5. enduring
  6. long-lasting
  7. long-lived
  8. long-standing
  9. old
  10. perdurable
  11. perennial
  12. permanent
Antonyms:
  1. caducous
Of long duration
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. chronic
  2. continuing
  3. lingering
  4. prolonged
  5. protracted
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Determined
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. haunting
Antonyms:
  1. relenting
  2. irresolute
  3. surrendering
  4. yielding
  5. lazy

Words Related to Persistent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Persistent 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.

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

  • For a long time she remained true to Artemis and rejected all suitors, but Meilanion at last gained her love by his persistent devotion.

  • 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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