Definition for Persistence:

• Perseverance; continuous effort; obstinacy; endurance. Also, persistency.

Synonyms for Persistence:

• n.

  •
  • drive,
  • energy,
  • motivation,
  • resolve,
  • aspiration,
  • will,
  • ambition.
  •
  • longevity,
  • permanence,
  • preservation,
  • stability,
  • eternity,
  • survival,
  • consistency.
  •
  • continue.
  •attribute (noun)
  • continuity.
  •continuation (noun)
  • maintenance,
  • prolongation,
  • continuation,
  • protraction,
  • continuance,
  • abidingness,
  • interminability,
  • extension.
  •continuity (noun)
  • unity,
  • perpetuity.
  •decision (noun)
  • stubbornness,
  • seriousness,
  • obstinacy,
  • backbone,
  • decisiveness,
  • purpose,
  • fortitude,
  • firmness,
  • determination,
  • decidedness.
  •determination (noun)
  • bravery,
  • dauntlessness,
  • dedication,
  • boldness,
  • steadfastness,
  • courage.
  •durability (noun)
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • lastingness,
  • staying power,
  • Durableness.
  •duration (noun)
  • perpetuation.
  •earnestness (noun)
  • engrossment,
  • enthusiasm,
  • deliberation,
  • keenness,
  • concentration,
  • sincerity,
  • zeal,
  • devotion.
  •endurance (noun)
  • restraint,
  • spunk,
  • mettle,
  • standing,
  • guts,
  • strength,
  • tolerance,
  • pertinacity.
  •force (noun)
  • effectiveness,
  • pressure,
  • push,
  • cogency,
  • validity,
  • persuasiveness.
  •perseverance (noun)
  • indefatigability,
  • stamina,
  • survivability,
  • grit,
  • unfailingness,
  • sand.
  •persistence (noun)
  • resolution.
  •resolution (noun)
  • fervency,
  • faithfulness,
  • Headstrongness,
  • heartiness,
  • staunchness,
  • bullheadedness,
  • trueness,
  • Stoniness,
  • diligence,
  • moxie,
  • courageousness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • insistency,
  • continuum.
  •
  • pause.
  •insistence
  • importunity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • pursuance,
  • weight,
  • invariableness,
  • immobility,
  • status quo,
  • stasis,
  • calm,
  • living,
  • immovability,
  • cohesiveness,
  • uniformity,
  • way,
  • pressingness,
  • labor,
  • accordance,
  • conservation,
  • gluiness,
  • Plugging,
  • inflexibility,
  • evenness,
  • effort,
  • preoccupation,
  • course,
  • fidelity,
  • intransigence,
  • Diuturnity,
  • hardening,
  • Importunacy,
  • glutinosity,
  • impetus,
  • indefatigableness,
  • Equability,
  • frowardness,
  • antiquity,
  • irreversibility,
  • control,
  • life,
  • Survivance,
  • consonance,
  • self-restraint,
  • repetition,
  • pep,
  • torpor,
  • snugness,
  • refractoriness,
  • tightness,
  • pertinaciousness,
  • pains,
  • zip,
  • work,
  • exigency,
  • loyalty,
  • self-discipline,
  • incorruptibility,
  • equanimity,
  • dependability,
  • definiteness,
  • significance,
  • ceaselessness,
  • stolidity,
  • mulishness,
  • obduracy,
  • perverseness,
  • ambitiousness,
  • demandingness,
  • permanency,
  • hustle,
  • Contumaciousness,
  • plodding,
  • forbearance,
  • stick-to-it-iveness,
  • tackiness,
  • self-denial,
  • self-possession,
  • Resolvedness,
  • immovableness,
  • exertion,
  • subsistence,
  • endlessness,
  • changelessness,
  • rigidity,
  • perversity,
  • recalcitrance,
  • follow-through,
  • sustenance,
  • Inveteracy,
  • self-control,
  • unchangeability,
  • unalterability,
  • equilibrium,
  • doggedness,
  • constancy,
  • lengthening,
  • Frozenness,
  • progress,
  • quiescence,
  • wilfulness,
  • existence,
  • enterprise,
  • value,
  • Pertinacy,
  • inflexibleness,
  • intractability,
  • perseveration,
  • obdurateness,
  • Maintaining,
  • age,
  • attention,
  • sedulousness,
  • commitment,
  • vigour,
  • correspondence,
  • solidity,
  • perennation,
  • distance of time,
  • relentlessness,
  • invariability,
  • abidance,
  • toil,
  • immutableness,
  • uncooperativeness,
  • viscidity,
  • uncompromisingness,
  • contrariness,
  • get-up-and-go,
  • unchangingness,
  • adhesiveness,
  • enduringness,
  • steadiness,
  • perseverence,
  • slogging,
  • viscosity,
  • determinateness,
  • stickiness,
  • devotedness,
  • sedulity,
  • aggressiveness,
  • determinedness,
  • application,
  • reliability,
  • fixedness,
  • tenaciousness,
  • conclusion,
  • progression,
  • retention,
  • cantankerousness,
  • after glow,
  • contumacy,
  • pigheadedness,
  • homogeneity,
  • initiative,
  • importunateness,
  • labour,
  • iteration,
  • industriousness,
  • deliberateness,
  • stoicism,
  • rebelliousness,
  • self-will,
  • obstinateness,
  • perdurability,
  • vim,
  • gumminess.

Paraphrases for Persistence:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    perseverance, tenacity, persistency.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    persist.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    continuing, enduring.
  • Proper noun, singular
    keeps, continuing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    existence, retention, continuity, intransigence, maintenance, continuing, diligence, presence, subsistence, obsession, duration, consistency, tireless.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    persistent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    persistent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stamina, stubbornness, perpetuation, steadfastness, insistence, persisting, resilience, obstinacy, continuance, persevering, pervasiveness, endurance, prevalence, determination, persistent, prolongation, longevity, toughness, patience, survival, durability, constancy, resiliency, dedication, fortitude, preservation, unremitting.
  • Adverb
    persistently.

Antonyms for Persistence:

• n.

  • continuity
    intermittence, break, interruption, stoppage, discontinuity.
  • decision
    indetermination, indecision, procrastination, wavering, indefiniteness.
  • determination
    doubt, irresolution, spinelessness, disinterest, vacillation, hesitation.
  • durability
    weakness, impermanency, poorness, unreliability.
  • earnestness
    flippancy, insincerity, unimportance.
  • endurance
    fleetingness, end.
  • force
    incompetence.
  • persistence
    indifference.
  • Other antonyms:
    finish, negligence, fickleness, inconstancy, inattention, neglect, abridgment, shortening, idleness, remissness, close, cutback, changeableness, sloth, indolence, curtailment.

Hyponym for Persistence:

• n.

  • attribute
    strength, durability, enduringness, lastingness.