Definition for Persist:

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

Synonyms for Persist:

• n.

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

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

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

Antonyms for Persist:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abandon, abate, cease, close, conclude, desist, die, die down, discontinue, ebb, end, expire, fade away, falter, finish, forget, give in, give up, go, halt, hang back, hesitate, lapse, leave, leave off, stop, submit, subside, succumb, surrender, wane, waver, wobble, Shilly-shally, let up, wind up.

• v.

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