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.