Definition for Persist:

• To continue steadily in any business or course commenced; not to give over; to persevere.

Synonyms for Persist:

• n.

  •
  • proceed,
  • outlive.
  •
  • insist,
  • stay the course,
  • get on.
  •
  • keep on,
  • carry on.
  •
  • come through.
  •persist (noun)
  • hold on,
  • prevail,
  • persevere,
  • endure,
  • stay,
  • remain,
  • hang on,
  • hang in,
  • run.

• v.

  •abide (verb)
  • last,
  • undergo,
  • go on,
  • continue,
  • endure,
  • tolerate,
  • put up with,
  • bear,
  • remain,
  • tarry,
  • linger,
  • abide,
  • persevere,
  • suffer,
  • experience.
  •carry on, carry through (verb)
  • grind,
  • be stubborn,
  • prevail,
  • pursue,
  • hold on,
  • continue,
  • see through,
  • keep up,
  • strive,
  • insist,
  • remain,
  • stick to guns,
  • go the limit,
  • abide,
  • stick it out,
  • recur,
  • go on,
  • repeat,
  • perseverate,
  • be resolute,
  • go all the way,
  • Perdure,
  • obtain,
  • last,
  • linger,
  • tough it out,
  • endure,
  • persevere,
  • leave no stone unturned.
  •continue (verb)
  • maintain,
  • prolong,
  • keep on,
  • extend,
  • protract,
  • sustain.
  •live (verb)
  • exist,
  • reside,
  • live,
  • survive,
  • dwell.
  •persevere (verb)
  • stay.
  •remain (verb)
  • wait,
  • prevail.
  •resolve (verb)
  • resolve,
  • devote.
  •stative (verb)
  • stay,
  • remain.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • resist,
  • stick at,
  • drag on,
  • outlive,
  • stay with,
  • outlast,
  • peg away,
  • hew to.
  •
  • hew,
  • proceed,
  • carry on.
  •
  • keep up,
  • stick to,
  • prosecute,
  • stick with,
  • insist.
  •
  • rage,
  • see through,
  • go ahead,
  • come through.
  •
  • progress.
  •
  • get on.
  •abide
  • keep on.
  •act
  • make progress,
  • operate.
  •carry on
  • keep going.
  •come through
  • live through,
  • ride out.
  •endure
  • stick to,
  • wear well,
  • carry through,
  • live on,
  • Perdure,
  • hold on,
  • stay on,
  • be left.
  •exist
  • live,
  • be.
  •extend
  • drag out.
  •insist
  • stand firm,
  • insist.
  •live
  • get along.
  •persevere
  • stay the course,
  • be stubborn,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • hang in,
  • keep driving,
  • see it through.
  •pursue
  • track down,
  • hunt down.
  •recur
  • reoccur.
  •remain
  • stay behind,
  • stay put.
  •Other relevant words:
  • keep going,
  • appease,
  • cohere,
  • campaign,
  • recur,
  • hold in,
  • brave,
  • contend,
  • work,
  • bottle up,
  • keep driving,
  • repeat,
  • hold,
  • insistent,
  • ladder,
  • sedulous,
  • brook,
  • decided,
  • repress,
  • conglomerate,
  • hunt,
  • be resolute,
  • bunch,
  • persevering,
  • bestir oneself,
  • labor,
  • stick together,
  • drag out,
  • elapse,
  • save up,
  • drudge,
  • hang together,
  • duration,
  • dog,
  • be patient,
  • pertinacious,
  • drag on,
  • fly the coop,
  • carry out,
  • complete,
  • suspension,
  • arrest,
  • maintenance,
  • see through,
  • be steadfast,
  • vow,
  • tenacity,
  • go the distance,
  • active,
  • cessation,
  • steady,
  • pursue,
  • hold together,
  • live on,
  • unyielding,
  • agglomerate,
  • progress,
  • feed,
  • freeze,
  • see it through,
  • perseveringly,
  • hew to,
  • stand fast,
  • stick it,
  • bleed,
  • keep up,
  • quell,
  • make a fuss,
  • scarper,
  • bustle,
  • hug,
  • durability,
  • brave out,
  • relentless,
  • intervene,
  • stet,
  • discharge,
  • weather,
  • toll,
  • be given,
  • gritty,
  • get on,
  • emphasize,
  • activity,
  • suppress,
  • be diligent,
  • tag on,
  • living,
  • labour,
  • draw,
  • fuss,
  • function,
  • flow,
  • hightail it,
  • obstinacy,
  • cling to,
  • drag along,
  • play,
  • lam,
  • lock in,
  • hang,
  • make good,
  • observance,
  • push forward,
  • stay the course,
  • bang away,
  • attach,
  • bear up,
  • determined,
  • bide,
  • persisting,
  • stick with,
  • embrace,
  • set,
  • clasp,
  • same,
  • insist,
  • melt down,
  • apply oneself,
  • be constant,
  • hang in,
  • hold ground,
  • perseverate,
  • raise up,
  • get along,
  • proceed,
  • be active,
  • lay about one,
  • hold up,
  • constancy,
  • sturdy,
  • ride out,
  • guide,
  • resist,
  • attract,
  • wear well,
  • hang in there,
  • adhere to,
  • clamant,
  • hold on,
  • fight,
  • stickle,
  • standstill,
  • last out,
  • plod,
  • hold out,
  • adhesiveness,
  • importunate,
  • lingering,
  • soldier,
  • run away,
  • loiter,
  • keep to,
  • block,
  • fix to,
  • prosecute,
  • stay on,
  • hang about,
  • continuation,
  • stick out,
  • lead,
  • run through,
  • hang on,
  • cork up,
  • mass,
  • hew,
  • move,
  • freeze to,
  • rest,
  • keep it up,
  • grow together,
  • stand firm,
  • stand still,
  • assert,
  • will,
  • cleave,
  • stiff,
  • gain,
  • hammer away,
  • expand,
  • keep at,
  • stick to,
  • stand on,
  • run for,
  • stability,
  • conclude,
  • break away,
  • see,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • cling,
  • determination,
  • be,
  • insistence,
  • hunt down,
  • consummate,
  • grip,
  • live through,
  • be inclined,
  • track down,
  • coagulate,
  • urge,
  • Adherer,
  • carry,
  • carry-over,
  • break,
  • act,
  • retain,
  • scat,
  • carry on,
  • congeal,
  • go at,
  • in time,
  • operate,
  • be stubborn,
  • toil,
  • perennate,
  • go all the way,
  • go the limit,
  • wear,
  • adherence,
  • grasp,
  • stubborn,
  • firmly,
  • definite,
  • firmness,
  • insist upon,
  • asseverate,
  • tough it out,
  • drive,
  • let be,
  • outlive,
  • categorical,
  • avow,
  • perform,
  • tide over,
  • turn tail,
  • persistence,
  • hold good,
  • detain,
  • rouse oneself,
  • hold one's ground,
  • triumph,
  • unravel,
  • dominate,
  • keep alive,
  • cluster,
  • continuance,
  • insisting,
  • execute,
  • peg away,
  • peg,
  • tack on,
  • keep on,
  • append,
  • make a push,
  • outride,
  • adhere,
  • keep,
  • follow,
  • realize,
  • uphold,
  • keep company,
  • Opinionate,
  • reoccur,
  • tend,
  • soldier on,
  • manage,
  • incline,
  • go to,
  • support,
  • beaver away,
  • flee,
  • inhibit,
  • push,
  • strenuous,
  • aver,
  • black market,
  • adhesion,
  • hum,
  • fixed,
  • stay behind,
  • escape,
  • make progress,
  • speed,
  • stay put,
  • pause,
  • obtain,
  • save,
  • stick to guns,
  • DO,
  • Perdure,
  • melt,
  • delay,
  • solidify,
  • go ahead,
  • stress,
  • aby,
  • come,
  • bunk,
  • live out,
  • fast,
  • steadfast,
  • stay at,
  • apply,
  • run,
  • keep in,
  • hasten,
  • subsist,
  • hang around,
  • endurance,
  • insist on,
  • hold the line,
  • permanent,
  • grind,
  • plug away,
  • clot,
  • press,
  • stay with,
  • perseverance,
  • stand,
  • digest,
  • stick at,
  • spend,
  • constant,
  • strive,
  • rage,
  • rule,
  • predominate,
  • cleave to,
  • dwell on,
  • let it be,
  • be left,
  • perseveration,
  • clinch,
  • patiently,
  • stir,
  • carry through,
  • linger on,
  • extended,
  • course,
  • proceed with,
  • take hold of,
  • preserve,
  • achieve,
  • go on with,
  • go far,
  • stick about,
  • consort,
  • declare,
  • dwell,
  • stick around,
  • stick,
  • come through,
  • steely,
  • take,
  • stick it out,
  • state,
  • lean,
  • make out,
  • decide,
  • outlast,
  • inflexible,
  • drone.

Antonyms for Persist:

• v.

  • carry on, carry through
    give up, halt, go, cease, stop, leave, forget, discontinue, quit.
  • Other antonyms:
    hang back, bow, cease, end, vacillate, desist, yield, wobble, abate, give in, falter, subside, lapse, stop, quit, close, wane, surrender, succumb, finish, die, submit, ebb, moderate, terminate, pass.

Hypernym for Persist:

• v.

  • stative
    stick, linger.