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Synonyms for persist
pərˈsɪst, -ˈzɪstper·sist

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. persistverb

    To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

    Synonyms:
    persevere

  2. persistverb

    To continue to exist.

    Synonyms:
    remain, last

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.7 / 3 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. persistverb

    Synonyms:
    continue, remain, last, endure

  2. persistverb

    Synonyms:
    PERSEVERE, be steadfast

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. persistverb

    Synonyms:
    persevere

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "persist":

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

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How to use persist in a sentence?

  1. Savita Subramanian:

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

  2. Carl Sagan:

    One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous. (So the old bamboozles tend to persist as the new bamboozles rise.)

  3. Toby Green:

    For many people the stereotypes they absorb then persist into later life -- at which point they begin to apply them to themselves. This means that negative age stereotypes are embedded among groups of all ages.

  4. The IEA:

    While a rebalancing has clearly begun, the process is likely to be prolonged as a supply overhang is expected to persist through 2016 - suggesting global inventories will pile up further.

  5. Premier Li Keqiang:

    (We) will persist with a market-oriented, law-based system to establish an open and transparent capital market.


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