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)
  • sequence,
  • chain,
  • unity,
  • train,
  • succession,
  • cohesion,
  • Linking,
  • Dovetailing,
  • whole,
  • vitality,
  • connection,
  • uniting,
  • perpetuity,
  • flow.
  •decision (noun)
  • fortitude,
  • decidedness,
  • firmness,
  • stubbornness,
  • determination,
  • backbone,
  • purpose,
  • spine,
  • volition,
  • decisiveness,
  • seriousness,
  • obstinacy.
  •determination (noun)
  • courage,
  • self-confidence,
  • conviction,
  • hardihood,
  • dedication,
  • intrepidity,
  • assurance,
  • valor,
  • dauntlessness,
  • steadfastness,
  • bravery,
  • certitude,
  • boldness,
  • willpower,
  • independence,
  • certainty.
  •doggedness (noun)
  • doggedness.
  •durability (noun)
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • intestinal fortitude,
  • Durableness,
  • gutsiness,
  • imperishability,
  • imperishabilities,
  • staying power,
  • starch,
  • lastingness,
  • hard as nails.
  •duration (noun)
  • period,
  • time,
  • term,
  • extent,
  • perpetuation,
  • tide,
  • stretch,
  • spell,
  • span,
  • perpetuations.
  •earnestness (noun)
  • enthusiasm,
  • keenness,
  • concentration,
  • eagerness,
  • sincerity,
  • zeal,
  • attentiveness,
  • fervor,
  • ardor,
  • absorption,
  • stress,
  • engrossment,
  • sobriety,
  • intensity,
  • solemnity,
  • deliberation,
  • gravity,
  • vehemence,
  • passion,
  • devotion.
  •endurance (noun)
  • bearing,
  • allowance,
  • Withstanding,
  • spunk,
  • coolness,
  • suffering,
  • ability,
  • mettle,
  • pertinacity,
  • tolerance,
  • restraint,
  • continuing,
  • cool,
  • strength,
  • standing,
  • guts,
  • Undergoing,
  • resignation,
  • capacity,
  • enduring,
  • holding up.
  •force (noun)
  • persuasiveness,
  • point,
  • puissance,
  • effect,
  • push,
  • coercion,
  • obligation,
  • authority,
  • influence,
  • validity,
  • gumption,
  • pressure,
  • emphasis,
  • sapience,
  • duress,
  • fierceness,
  • competence,
  • capability,
  • punch,
  • cogency,
  • vigor,
  • effectiveness,
  • dominance.
  •frequency (noun)
  • regularity,
  • periodicity,
  • Frequentness,
  • Periodicities,
  • recurrence.
  •patience (noun)
  • longsuffering,
  • even tempers,
  • non-resistances,
  • non resistance,
  • longsufferings,
  • long suffering,
  • yieldings,
  • self control,
  • passivities,
  • nonresistances,
  • long sufferings,
  • non resistances,
  • longanimities,
  • long-sufferings.
  •permanence (noun)
  • fixity.
  •perseverance (noun)
  • indefatigability,
  • stamina,
  • survivability,
  • grit,
  • unfailingness,
  • sand.
  •perseveration (noun)
  • perseveration.
  •persistence (noun)
  • constancy,
  • resolution,
  • tenaciousness.
  •persistency (noun)
  • in crease,
  • going ons,
  • protractings,
  • pre serving,
  • in-creases,
  • pre-servings,
  • augmentings,
  • perpetuatings,
  • persistings,
  • preservings,
  • post-scripts,
  • in creasing,
  • in-crease,
  • pre-serving,
  • pre servings,
  • maintainings,
  • producings,
  • post-script,
  • in creases,
  • increasings,
  • sustainings.
  •resolution (noun)
  • fervency,
  • faithfulness,
  • Headstrongness,
  • heartiness,
  • staunchness,
  • bullheadedness,
  • trueness,
  • Stoniness,
  • diligence,
  • moxie,
  • courageousness.
  •stick-to-it-iveness (noun)
  • stick to it iveness.
  •tenacity (noun)
  • willfulness,
  • guttiness,
  • strength of purpose,
  • obduracy,
  • true grit,
  • what it takes.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • insistency,
  • continuum.
  •
  • pause.
  •persistence
  • incorruptibility.

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.

Persistence Sentence Examples:

• The Perrotte children were prepared for High School by the master's quiet but determined persistence.

• He was not violent against his sister, nor even angry; only, with the mild steady persistence of his nature, he refused to hold any communication with Heathcliff's wife.

Hyponym for Persistence:

• n.

  • attribute
    strength, durability, enduringness, lastingness.