Antonyms for persistent
pərˈsɪs tənt, -ˈzɪs-per·sis·tent

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1. persistent

   The headstrong person is not to be stopped in his own course of action, while the obstinate and stubborn is not to be driven to another's way. The headstrong act; the obstinate and stubborn may simply refuse to stir. The most amiable person may be obstinate on some one point; the stubborn person is for the most part habitually so; we speak of obstinate determination, stubborn resistance. Stubborn is the term most frequently applied to the lower animals and inanimate things. Refractory implies more activity of resistance; the stubborn horse balks; the refractory animal plunges, rears, and kicks; metals that resist ordinary processes of reduction are termed refractory. One is obdurate who adheres to his purpose in spite of appeals that would move any tender-hearted or right-minded person. Contumacious refers to a proud and insolent defiance of authority, as of the summons of a court. Pertinacious demand is contrasted with obstinate refusal. The unyielding conduct which we approve we call decided, firm, inflexible, resolute; that which we condemn we are apt to term headstrong, obstinate, stubborn. Compare PERVERSE.

   Antonyms:
   amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, dutiful, gentle, irresolute, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, undecided, wavering, yielding

   Synonyms:
   contumacious, decided, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pertinacious, refractory, resolute, resolved, stubborn, unconquerable, unflinching, unyielding

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. persistent, relentless, unrelentingadjective

   never-ceasing

   "the relentless beat of the drums"

   Antonyms:
   caducous, sporadic, deciduous, forgettable, docile, shed

   Synonyms:
   unappeasable, inexorable, lasting, unrelenting, tenacious, relentless, dour, haunting, stern, unyielding, grim, dogged, unforgiving, brutal, pertinacious

2. haunting, persistentadjective

   continually recurring to the mind

   "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy

   Antonyms:
   sporadic, caducous, shed, deciduous, forgettable, docile

   Synonyms:
   lasting, unrelenting, tenacious, relentless, dour, haunting, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious

3. persistent, lastingadjective

   retained; not shed

   "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"

   Antonyms:
   forgettable, deciduous, shed, caducous, sporadic, docile

   Synonyms:
   permanent, lasting, durable, long-lived, unrelenting, tenacious, long-lasting, relentless, dour, haunting, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious

4. dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyieldingadjective

   stubbornly unyielding

   "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

   Antonyms:
   sporadic, docile, deciduous, shed, forgettable, caducous

   Synonyms:
   saturnine, relentless, sullen, grim, long, sour, morose, haunting, retentive, dark, unyielding, moody, tenacious, recollective, dour, coherent, lasting, pertinacious, dogged, glowering, forbidding, unrelenting, glum

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. persistentadjective

   Synonyms:
   contumacious, persevering, insistent, pertinacious, tenacious, importunate, constant

How to use persistent in a sentence?

1. Tanya Froehlich:

   Given that pyrethroids are non-persistent and rapidly metabolized, measurements over time would provide a more accurate assessment of typical exposure and are recommended in future studies before we can say definitively whether our results have public health ramifications.

2. Adam Leventhal:

   Those percentages -- like the 4.6 % -- reflect the average rates across the four different follow-ups, so one of the things we noticed in the study was that the association between digital media and prevalence of ADHD symptoms was persistent across the entire follow-up period.

3. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

   At a time in which we are trying to defuse a persistent and dangerous conflict, this does not contribute towards that.

4. Airbus Defense:

   Zephyr can provide persistent surveillance and can cover wide areas because it flies very high. That is definitely one element of future solutions on maritime.

5. White House:

   Recent events underscore the need to accelerate the Administration’s cyber strategy and confront aggressive, persistent malicious actors that continue to target our nation’s cyber infrastructure.

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