Synonyms for persistence
pərˈsɪs təns, -ˈzɪs-per·sis·tence

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 11 votes

1. persistence

   Industry is the quality, action, or habit of earnest, steady, and continued attention or devotion to any useful or productive work or task, manual or mental. Assiduity (Latin ad, to, and sedeo, sit), as the etymology suggests, sits down to a task until it is done. Diligence (Latin diligo, love, choose) invests more effort and exertion, with love of the work or deep interest in its accomplishment; application (Latin ad, to, and plico, fold) bends to its work and concentrates all one's powers upon it with utmost intensity; hence, application can hardly be as unremitting as assiduity. Constancy is a steady devotion of heart and principle. Patience works on in spite of annoyances; perseverance overcomes hindrances and difficulties; persistence strives relentlessly against opposition; persistence has very frequently an unfavorable meaning, implying that one persists in spite of considerations that should induce him to desist. Industry is diligence applied to some avocation, business, or profession. Labor and pains refer to the exertions of the worker and the tax upon him, while assiduity, perseverance, etc., refer to his continuance in the work.

   Synonyms:
   application, assiduity, attention, constancy, diligence, effort, exertion, industry, intentness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, sedulousness

   Antonyms:
   changeableness, fickleness, idleness, inattention, inconstancy, indolence, neglect, negligence, remissness, sloth

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1. continuity, persistencenoun

   the property of a continuous and connected period of time

   Synonyms:
   perseverance, tenacity, persistency, perseveration, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

2. doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacitynoun

   persistent determination

   Synonyms:
   perseverance, tenacity, persistency, perseveration, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

3. perseverance, persistence, perseverationnoun

   the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

   "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

   Synonyms:
   perseverance, tenacity, persistency, perseveration, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance
   • Determination
   • Lastingness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. persistencenoun

   Synonyms:
   PERSEVERANCE

2. persistencenoun

   Synonyms:
   obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness

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1. List of paraphrases for "persistence":

   perseverance, tenacity, persistent, persisting, continuation, persistency, continuing, insistence, perpetuation, stubbornness, continued, persistently, obstinacy, stamina, permanence, steadfastness

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1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Persistence is the source of great strength.

2. Jody Armour:

   What Black Lives Matter has been able to do is to maintain a focus on this issue and a persistence that has lasted for over two years now.

3. Stephen Covey:

   I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.

4. Susana Mallinson:

   He will think that I'm very courageous and hopefully I can get it through my persistence.

5. Oklahoma State University:

   She believed strongly in the power of education and her courage and persistence paved the way for countless African- American students.