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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'persistent'

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1. (adj) persistent, relentless, unrelenting
never-ceasing
Synonyms: unappeasable, inexorable, lasting, persistent, unrelenting, tenacious, relentless, dour, haunting, stern, unyielding, grim, dogged, unforgiving, brutal, pertinacious
Antonyms: caducous, sporadic, deciduous, forgettable, docile, shed

2. (adj) haunting, persistent
continually recurring to the mind
Synonyms: persistent, lasting, unrelenting, tenacious, relentless, dour, haunting, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious
Antonyms: sporadic, caducous, shed, deciduous, forgettable, docile

3. (adj) persistent, lasting
retained; not shed
Synonyms: persistent, permanent, lasting, durable, long-lived, unrelenting, tenacious, long-lasting, relentless, dour, haunting, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious
Antonyms: forgettable, deciduous, shed, caducous, sporadic, docile

4. (adj) dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
stubbornly unyielding
Synonyms: saturnine, relentless, sullen, grim, long, sour, morose, haunting, retentive, dark, unyielding, moody, tenacious, recollective, dour, coherent, lasting, pertinacious, dogged, glowering, forbidding, unrelenting, glum, persistent
Antonyms: sporadic, docile, deciduous, shed, forgettable, caducous

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'persistent'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

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 stubbor
Synonyms: obstinate, contumacious, headstrong, mulish, resolute, decided, heady, obdurate, resolved, determined, immovable, opinionated, stubborn, dogged, indomitable, persistent, unconquerable, firm, inflexible, pertinacious, unflinching, fixed, intractable, refractory, unyielding
Antonyms: amenable, dutiful, pliable, tractable, complaisant, gentle, pliant, undecided, compliant, irresolute, submissive, wavering, docile, obedient, teachable, yielding

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