Synonyms for perseverance
ˌpɜr səˈvɪər ənsper·se·ver·ance

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 11 votes

1. perseverance

   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, persistence, sedulousness

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

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

   persistent determination

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

2. 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:
   tenacity, persistency, perseveration, persistence, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance
   • Determination

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. perseverancenoun

   Synonyms:
   steadiness, persistence, persistency, constancy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. perseverancenoun

   Synonyms:
   persistence, diligence, constancy, indefatigableness, assiduity, pertinacity

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "perseverance":

   tenacity, persistence, stamina, steadfastness, persevering, insistence, endurance, resilience

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How to use perseverance in a sentence?

1. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Courage whispers, 'Begin,' and perseverance echoes, 'Continue.'

2. I Ching:

   Perseverance alone does not assure success. No amount of stalking will lead to game in a field that has none.

3. Ken Farley:

   In the distant past, the sand, mud, and salts that now make up the Wildcat Ridge sample were deposited under conditions where life could potentially have thrived, the fact the organic matter was found in such a sedimentary rock -- known for preserving fossils of ancient life here on Earth -- is important. However, as capable as our instruments aboard Perseverance are, further conclusions regarding what is contained in the Wildcat Ridge sample will have to wait until it's returned to Earth for in-depth study as part of the agency's Mars Sample Return campaign.

4. President Obama:

   I understand how we are feeling, scripture tells us that in suffering there is strength, and strength brings character, and in character brings perseverance, then hope.

5. Dusty Baker:

   I think about Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson, who helped me a lot, Bill Walsh, all the general managers and owners I've had, whether Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson fired me eventually or not, it just sort of added to my perseverance and determination and faith. I've also got to thank my detractors for giving me the motivation to go on because there's a lot of people that doubted me in the beginning when I first got the job with no experience, a lot of them that doubted me even though I was winning.