Persist

/pɚˈsɪst/

Synonyms for "persist" (305 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Verb(15 words)

endure remainhold onpersevere prevail stick abide aby astand bides bulldogged clung continue continued continues

abide adhere agglomerate assert bebe sparedbidebottle upbrook no denialbunch carrycarry oncarry throughcheat deathclasp cleave clinch clingcling toclot

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cluster coagulate cohere congeal conglomerate contend continuecontinue the samecontinue to becontinue to existcork up

Adjective(3 words)

abidingancient remainscontinuous push

Noun(12 words)

aftertastesanimal livesanimal remainsbe stablebeing alive nowbulldogs contcontinue art educationcontinue to press forwardcontinuing copingdanish levende

Strong matches (92)

defeat timedefy timedrag alongdrag ondrone dwell embrace endure exist extend followfreeze toget alongget ongogo ongo on withgraspgrow togetherhang

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hang inhang onhang togetherhang toughholdhold inhold onhold outhold togetherhug hum inhibit insistinsist oninsist uponkeepkeep alivekeep atkeep at itkeep drivingkeep goingkeep inkeep onkeep tryingkeep uplabor lastlast longlast outlinger livelive onlive through

Verb(16 words)

die hardendured endures existed festergo onhang inhang oninsisted last lasted lie lingered lingers live livest

Noun(18 words)

doggoning drudges drudgingendurance focusedexert oneselfexist todayfile hammerings hunkering hunkersicelandic verainsistingitalian sussistere or subsisterelabanlabor vigorouslylasts lingering lives

Adjective(5 words)

earthboundingexisting systemlasting livingliving term example

Related words (152)

lock inmaintainmake outmanage massnever say dienot accept compromiseobtain perdure perennate persevere preserve press prevail prolong prosecute pursue remain repress retain

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runrun onrun throughsavesave upsee it throughset soldier solidify standstand faststand firmstand onstaystay onstay putstickstick it outstick tostick to itstick togetherstrive subsistsupport lifesuppress survive sustaintake hold oftake no denialtarrytide overtoil urge wearwear well

Verb(53 words)

lurkedmaintain beliefsmaintains materialized outlast outlive outlived outlives outstay pecked persevered perseveres persevering persisted persisting plodded proceed proceededpush forwardrankle

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remain constantremain noncitizenremainedremains a mysteryreverberates run soldieredstand your ground firmlystandpat staystay coursestay on coursestay putstayedstayed the coursestaying putstays the coursestick aroundstick it outstick outstood stored strives subsisted subsists survived survives trudged unchange withstandwithstand pressurewithstandswrite data

Noun(37 words)

manetmaya remainsmost existingoutlastingoutlive popularitypecking plod ploughportuguese existirpress onpush onremain intactremain stableremaining piecesremainsremains of the buildingremains of the houseresilience signssaving soldier

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soldiering soldiersstand tallstandingstay positionstay the coursestayssticking to plansticks sticktight stores streak subsister subsisting surviving trudge trudges

Determiner(3 words)

most livingno motion changesome remain

Adjective(4 words)

ongoing pushremainingstatic viewswritten article

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries

actionbear onbehaviorcarry oncontinue exist preserve processstay in placeuphold verb

More specific

4 entries

endure last persevere remain

Collocations

5 entries

continuity endurance perseverance persistence tenacity

Inflections

3 entries

persisted persisting persists

Derivations

3 entries

persistence persistent persistently

similar

1 entries

run

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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You should persist in your efforts to learn English.

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The anthropologist says odd customs do persist in the region.

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If you persist in bothering her like that, she'll lose her temper.

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He intended to persist in his silence.

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