Synonyms for persist
pərˈsɪst, -ˈzɪstper·sist

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1. persistverb

   To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

   Synonyms:
   persevere

2. persistverb

   To continue to exist.

   Synonyms:
   remain, last

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1. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, remain, retain, stay

   Antonyms:
   alter, change, change, commute, convert, diversify, exchange, metamorphose, modify, qualify, shift, substitute, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

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1. prevail, persist, die hard, run, endureverb

   continue to exist

   "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

   Synonyms:
   break away, hold out, run, endure, lead, tend, hang in, carry, draw, operate, hold, function, turn tail, track down, last, stay, predominate, go, bunk, brave out, rule, weather, escape, ply, digest, hold on, prevail, execute, die hard, incline, triumph, tolerate, lam, scarper, campaign, melt down, stomach, ladder, live, dominate, head for the hills, flow, hunt down, brook, hang on, persevere, suffer, run for, lean, obtain, range, survive, take to the woods, be given, put up, stand, bleed, scat, live on, move, course, consort, unravel, stick out, extend, hightail it, reign, fly the coop, bear, play, pass, remain, melt, run away, hold up, black market, abide, brave, feed, race, guide, support, hunt, work, wear

2. persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold onverb

   be persistent, refuse to stop

   "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

   Synonyms:
   hang on, run, stay, keep, die hard, append, hang in, tack, hold on, tag on, tack on, prevail, persevere, remain, endure, grasp, stop, hold the line

3. persist, remain, stayverb

   stay behind

   "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

   Synonyms:
   hang on, last out, delay, stay on, stick, quell, stay, die hard, hang in, ride out, hold on, rest, appease, prevail, persevere, bide, run, stick around, abide, endure, stay put, remain, outride, continue, detain

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1. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   continue, remain, last, endure

2. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   PERSEVERE, be steadfast

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1. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   persevere

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1. List of paraphrases for "persist":

   remain, persevere, persistent, continue, insist, linger, exist

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1. Sam Khater:

   The economy is showing signs of resilience, mainly due to consumer spending, and rates are increasing, overall housing costs are also increasing and therefore impacting inflation, which continues to persist.

2. De Palma:

   There's no point in teaching film students unless you have this great ability to keep going no matter what they tell you, you must persist and you must also be lucky. You have to have talent, persistence and luck to survive in this business.

3. Savita Subramanian:

   A yield grab is under way that we think will likely persist.

4. Sigmund Freud:

   The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are something quite unnecessary which have no right whatever to exist. Whereas in fact they are severe, constitutionally fixed illnesses, which rarely restrict themselves to only a few attacks but persist as a rule over long periods throughout life.

5. Brad Pugh:

   Later in the summer, July and August, if enhanced monsoon rainfall does occur that could provide at least a temporary relief to the drought across Arizona and New Mexico, unfortunately, the summer months are typically dry for California and the Great Basin, so we would expect drought conditions to persist for those areas through the summer.