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. Clifford Villalon:

   Persistence is not defiance, but lawlessness is.

2. Octavia E. Butler:

   You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

3. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   The path to greatness is paved with patience, persistence, and purpose.

4. Christopher Cardozo:

   These Native people who actively participated in creating this record with him were very much giving of themselves, they're very present, they're open, vulnerable in some cases. They're really trying to share who they are as human beings. ... It's an incredible message about resilience. It's a great message about diversity, inclusion, passion, persistence, vision.

5. Matthew Dube (at weed thumb):

   If you want to be rich, never give up. When you have persistence, you will not only come out ahead of most people, more importantly, you will learn. Every time you do something, there is always a chance that you might fail. But that does not make you a failure. It’s because you had not learnt enough. Do it differently each time. One day, you will do it right. Failure should not deter you from trying.