Persistent

//pɚˈsɪstənt//

Synonyms for "persistent" (291 found)

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Strong matches (87)

Related words (145)

officious ongoing ordered orderly patient patient as job perdurable perduring perennial permanent perpetual perseverant persevering persisting plodding plugging preoccupied pressing primitive purposeful

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quiescent rapt reboant rebounding recurrent recurring reechoing regular relentless remaining repercussive repetitive resolute resolved resounding reverberant reverberating reverberatory rigid robotlike routine rumbling sedulous self-adhesive sempervirent serious sincere single minded single-minded sleepless slogging smooth sneaking solid sounding stable stalwart static stationary staunch staying steadfast steady stereotyped stickable sticking sticky strenuous strong stubborn sustained systematic tacky taxing tenacious thundering tireless torpid tough trite unabating unaltered unbroken unceasing unchangeable unchanged unchanging unchecked unconquerable undamped undaunted undestroyed undeveloped undeviating undifferentiated undiscouraged undiversified undrooping undying unending unfading unfailing unfaltering unflagging unflinching unforgettable uniform unintermitting uninterrupted unnodding unrelaxing unremitting unruffled unshakable unshifting unsleeping unswerving untiring unvaried unvarying unwavering unwearied unwearying unwinking urgent utterly attentive viscid vital weariless well-trodden well-worn wholehearted

Adjective(8 words)

peevish perpetuate protracted refractory still sullen thwart wayward

Adjective(5 words)

pertinacious relentless tenacious unrelenting unyielding

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

caducous

Synonyms

3 entries

haunting pertinacious unrelenting

Related terms

4 entries

persist persistence persistency persistently

derived

18 entries

antipersistent biopersistent hyperpersistent impersistent non-null persistent nonpersistent null persistent persistent adrenarche syndrome persistent cloaca persistent cookie persistent cross-site scripting persistent depressive disorder persistent genital arousal disorder persistent organic pollutant persistent sexual arousal syndrome persistent truncus arteriosus

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derived from

1 entries

persist

has context

5 entries

biology botany computing mathematics stochastic processes

related to

25 entries

brown function continuous data structure existence falling fractal process give up indefinitely insistently last let go maturity obstinately persist persistence persistency

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similar

5 entries

continual obstinate stubborn unforgettable unregenerate

Translations

119 translations across 29 languages.

Belarusian

1 entries

насто́йлівы adj (refusing to give up)

Bulgarian

4 entries

неопадащ adj (botany: lasting past maturity without falling off)
непеходен adj (math: non-transient)
постоя́нен adj (refusing to give up)
постоя́нен adj (insistently repetitive)

Catalan

1 entries

persistent adj (refusing to give up)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بەردەوام بوون adj (refusing to give up)
بەردەوام بوون adj (insistently repetitive)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

固執的 /固执的 adj (refusing to give up)
持續的 /持续的 adj (refusing to give up)
頑固的 /顽固的 adj (refusing to give up)

Dutch

2 entries

hardnekkig adj (indefinitely continuous)
volhardend adj (refusing to give up)

Esperanto

1 entries

persista adj (refusing to give up)

Finnish

4 entries

itsepintainen adj (insistently repetitive)
jatkuva adj (insistently repetitive)
jatkuva adj (indefinitely continuous)
pysyvä adj (botany: lasting past maturity without falling off)

French

2 entries

persistant adj (refusing to give up)
tenace adj (refusing to give up)

Galician

2 entries

persistente adj (refusing to give up)
teimudo adj (refusing to give up)

German

4 entries

andauernd adj (indefinitely continuous)
anhaltend adj (indefinitely continuous)
ausdauernd adj (refusing to give up)
beharrlich adj (refusing to give up)

Greek

2 entries

επίμονος adj (refusing to give up)
επίμονος adj (insistently repetitive)

Hebrew

3 entries

מתמיד adj (insistently repetitive)
נשנה adj (math: non-transient)
עקשן adj (refusing to give up)

Hungarian

2 entries

kitartó adj (refusing to give up)
állhatatos adj (refusing to give up)

Italian

4 entries

continuo adj (indefinitely continuous)
durevole adj (refusing to give up)
incessante adj (insistently repetitive)
insistente adj (refusing to give up)

Japanese

4 entries

いつまでも続く adj (indefinitely continuous)
しつこい adj (refusing to give up)
しつこい adj (insistently repetitive)
じぞくせいの adj (indefinitely continuous)

Latin

2 entries

iūgis adj (indefinitely continuous)
pervicax adj (refusing to give up)

Macedonian

4 entries

и́здржлив adj (botany: lasting past maturity without falling off)
и́страен adj (refusing to give up)
на́стојчив adj (refusing to give up)
на́стојчив adj (insistently repetitive)

Middle English

2 entries

dregh adj (refusing to give up)
dregh adj (indefinitely continuous)

Māori

4 entries

aumou adj (refusing to give up)
ngana adj (refusing to give up)
niwaniwa adj (indefinitely continuous)
pakepake adj (refusing to give up)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یاپشقان adj (refusing to give up)

Polish

4 entries

bezustanny adj (refusing to give up)
bezustanny adj (insistently repetitive)
ciągły adj (refusing to give up)
ciągły adj (indefinitely continuous)

Portuguese

1 entries

persistente adj (refusing to give up)

Russian

4 entries

насто́йчивый adj (refusing to give up)
насто́йчивый adj (insistently repetitive)
неотсту́пный adj (refusing to give up)
постоя́нный adj (insistently repetitive)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

leanailteach adj (refusing to give up)
leanailteach adj (insistently repetitive)
leanailteach adj (indefinitely continuous)
leanmhainneach adj (refusing to give up)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ȕpōran adj (refusing to give up)
у̏по̄ран adj (refusing to give up)

Spanish

1 entries

persistente adj (refusing to give up)

Ukrainian

2 entries

насті́йливий adj (refusing to give up)
настійний adj (refusing to give up)

Vietnamese

2 entries

dai dẳng adj (refusing to give up)
kiên trì adj (refusing to give up)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

How persistent you are!

Source: tatoeba (36093)

After a streak of bad luck, a persistent gambler will be forced to play for high stakes.

Source: tatoeba (39822)

I have a persistent cough.

Source: tatoeba (53462)

I have a persistent pain here.

Source: tatoeba (61819)

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