Definition for Persistent:

• Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; - opposed to deciduous, and caducous.

Synonyms for Persistent:

• adj.

  •abiding (adjective)
  • fast,
  • steadfast,
  • everlasting,
  • lasting,
  • continuing,
  • enduring.
  •adhesive (adjective)
  • Clinging.
  •chronic (adjective)
  • long-lived,
  • unyielding,
  • prolonged,
  • rooted,
  • Recurring,
  • usual,
  • deep-rooted,
  • deep-seated,
  • settled,
  • ceaseless,
  • ingrained,
  • confirmed,
  • habitual,
  • sustained,
  • recurrent,
  • routine.
  •consistent (adjective)
  • unvarying,
  • homogeneous,
  • true,
  • unchanging,
  • dependable,
  • uniform,
  • of a piece,
  • even,
  • invariable.
  •constant (adjective)
  • nonstop,
  • unending.
  •continual (adjective)
  • regular,
  • running,
  • unbroken,
  • Staying,
  • connected,
  • repetitive,
  • frequent,
  • consecutive.
  •continued (adjective)
  • extended,
  • maintained,
  • interminable,
  • continued,
  • persevering.
  •continuous (adjective)
  • monolithic,
  • straight,
  • monotonous,
  • level,
  • endless,
  • seamless,
  • flat,
  • indefatigable,
  • coherent,
  • gapless,
  • steady,
  • unchangeable,
  • incessant,
  • robot-like,
  • undying,
  • featureless,
  • repeated,
  • cyclical,
  • un-intermittent.
  •diligent (adjective)
  • conscientious,
  • painstaking,
  • eager,
  • Plugging,
  • industrious,
  • careful,
  • active,
  • laborious,
  • earnest,
  • attentive.
  •durable (adjective)
  • strong,
  • tough,
  • Diuturnal,
  • perduring,
  • reliable,
  • substantial,
  • stable,
  • sound.
  •firm (adjective)
  • intent,
  • set,
  • inflexible,
  • staunch,
  • unflinching,
  • unbending,
  • determined,
  • resolved,
  • established,
  • sure,
  • adamant,
  • unshaken,
  • unwavering.
  •frequent (adjective)
  • many.
  •game (adjective)
  • hardy.
  •habitual (adjective)
  • repetitious.
  •haunting (adjective)
  • obsessive.
  •hell-bent (adjective)
  • strong-minded.
  •obstinate (adjective)
  • obstinate.
  •permanent (adjective)
  • fixed,
  • immutable.
  •persevering (adjective)
  • indomitable,
  • unfaltering,
  • surviving,
  • brave,
  • unflagging.
  •persistent (adjective)
  • stubborn,
  • bulldogged,
  • obdurate,
  • tireless,
  • dogged,
  • immovable.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • iron-willed,
  • valiant,
  • spunky,
  • thorough,
  • decided,
  • implacable,
  • fearless,
  • hearty,
  • bold,
  • ruthless,
  • bullheaded,
  • headstrong,
  • zealous,
  • plucky,
  • steely,
  • loyal,
  • serious,
  • willing,
  • committed,
  • faithful,
  • devoted,
  • inexorable,
  • strong-willed,
  • unshakeable,
  • dedicated,
  • courageous,
  • deliberate,
  • dauntless,
  • stern,
  • decisive,
  • uncompromising.
  •stable (adjective)
  • changeless,
  • solid.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • stony,
  • flintlike,
  • stiff,
  • undaunted,
  • fervent,
  • hard.

• n.

  •
  • motivated,
  • competitive,
  • sedulous.
  •
  • urgent,
  • continue,
  • Importune.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • overambitious,
  • tough-minded,
  • single-minded,
  • lengthy,
  • driven,
  • strenuous,
  • hell-bent,
  • Overlong,
  • ambitious,
  • unstoppable,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • long-standing,
  • heroic,
  • unswerving,
  • unrelieved,
  • eternal,
  • stout,
  • aspiring,
  • vaulting.
  •
  • gritty,
  • aggressive,
  • importunate,
  • forever,
  • perdurable,
  • uninterrupted,
  • ongoing.
  •
  • old,
  • iron,
  • robust.
  •
  • hot.
  •Other relevant words:
  • indestructible,
  • uncooperative,
  • rigid,
  • decision,
  • adherent,
  • well-trodden,
  • certain,
  • reverberant,
  • persevere,
  • trite,
  • crowded,
  • equable,
  • Undrooping,
  • persistence,
  • forward,
  • regularly,
  • enthusiastic,
  • numerous,
  • morose,
  • noncompliance,
  • assiduous,
  • redundant,
  • intrusive,
  • connect,
  • grim,
  • intense,
  • frozen,
  • unhesitating,
  • crying,
  • resist,
  • indelible,
  • recalcitrant,
  • insist on,
  • positive,
  • recollective,
  • tenacity,
  • intransigent,
  • long-term,
  • exacting,
  • immanent,
  • humdrum,
  • irrepressible,
  • concentrated,
  • intractable,
  • torpid,
  • froward,
  • glutinous,
  • vital,
  • doughty,
  • lurking,
  • normal,
  • sticker,
  • tacky,
  • archaic,
  • Undamped,
  • taxing,
  • amplify,
  • rapt,
  • adherence,
  • expand,
  • growling,
  • persist in,
  • adhere,
  • unsleeping,
  • reverberating,
  • remain,
  • hold,
  • plodding,
  • unbreakable,
  • inviolate,
  • static,
  • refractory,
  • gutsy,
  • unblinking,
  • ancient,
  • primitive,
  • iterative,
  • follow,
  • sustain,
  • emphatic,
  • adhesive,
  • unbeatable,
  • habitually,
  • punctilious,
  • hold on,
  • full,
  • redoubtable,
  • unforgiving,
  • unalterable,
  • remaining,
  • inalterable,
  • steadily,
  • returning,
  • Clingy,
  • persistency,
  • incessantly,
  • unceasingly,
  • grasping,
  • sour,
  • beaten,
  • officious,
  • minutely,
  • thundering,
  • reappearing,
  • perverse,
  • wayward,
  • forbidding,
  • never-tiring,
  • rebellious,
  • stereotyped,
  • niggling,
  • trusty,
  • Chronical,
  • exhaustive,
  • stability,
  • echoing,
  • antique,
  • immobile,
  • change,
  • undiversified,
  • intruding,
  • continuously,
  • affirmed,
  • haunting,
  • interfering,
  • unshakable,
  • persisting,
  • assert,
  • Uncheckered,
  • heady,
  • eternally,
  • pigheaded,
  • worrying,
  • ordinary,
  • intentional,
  • long,
  • keen,
  • unvaried,
  • methodical,
  • contrary,
  • customarily,
  • exigent,
  • clamant,
  • eonian,
  • resolution,
  • persist,
  • resounding,
  • keeping,
  • rebounding,
  • heavy-duty,
  • measured,
  • ceaselessly,
  • perseverance,
  • intuitive,
  • sempiternal,
  • self-adhesive,
  • loud,
  • ordered,
  • glum,
  • avid,
  • perpetually,
  • firmness,
  • consonant,
  • pressing,
  • sneaking,
  • wholehearted,
  • common,
  • robotlike,
  • mulish,
  • Reverberatory,
  • undestroyed,
  • draining,
  • planned,
  • gluey,
  • continuation,
  • confidence,
  • moody,
  • preserve,
  • hardworking,
  • unchanged,
  • sounding,
  • demanding,
  • obtrusive,
  • rumbling,
  • wilful,
  • perseveringly,
  • gut,
  • retaining,
  • definite,
  • periodic,
  • Unshifting,
  • tried and true,
  • Reboant,
  • Repercussive,
  • Unintermitting,
  • lively,
  • normally,
  • orderly,
  • standing,
  • constancy,
  • energetic,
  • saturnine,
  • evergreen,
  • pertinacious,
  • ordinarily,
  • stick with,
  • detailed,
  • immortal,
  • hackneyed,
  • opinionated,
  • of long standing,
  • Sempervirent,
  • intrepid,
  • countless,
  • exorbitant,
  • valorous,
  • Intransmutable,
  • renewed,
  • sincere,
  • Longevous,
  • echoic,
  • stationary,
  • beyond,
  • endlessly,
  • mettlesome,
  • maintenance,
  • dynamic,
  • broaden,
  • extend,
  • macrobiotic,
  • abide,
  • in for long haul,
  • intransitive,
  • stanch,
  • pertinacity,
  • keep to,
  • booming,
  • continually,
  • retain,
  • hard-wearing,
  • unaltered,
  • reiterative,
  • endurance,
  • systematic,
  • spirited,
  • unforgettable,
  • self-willed,
  • sticky,
  • assurance,
  • Weariless,
  • sleepless,
  • dour,
  • Hustling,
  • insist,
  • unconquerable,
  • retentive,
  • intact,
  • meticulous,
  • cling,
  • aged,
  • dictatorial,
  • contumacious,
  • undeveloped,
  • intended,
  • scrupulous,
  • quiescent,
  • determination,
  • diehard,
  • unhesitant,
  • sticking,
  • glowering,
  • continuance,
  • viscid,
  • accordant,
  • undiscouraged,
  • long-lasting,
  • dark,
  • unruffled,
  • irreversible,
  • firmly,
  • extortionate,
  • reoccurring,
  • hardened,
  • mechanical,
  • disobedience,
  • Besetting,
  • stick to,
  • bloody-minded,
  • undifferentiated,
  • well-worn,
  • customary,
  • unappeasable,
  • usually,
  • adhesion,
  • full of energy,
  • assertive,
  • Longeval,
  • automatic,
  • wear-resistant,
  • unmoving,
  • ardent,
  • steadfastness,
  • correspondent,
  • bulldog,
  • observe,
  • endure,
  • Maintaining,
  • clamorous,
  • unafraid,
  • constantly,
  • enlarge,
  • brutal,
  • innumerable,
  • secure,
  • invincible,
  • reechoing,
  • generally,
  • slogging,
  • sturdy,
  • Methodic,
  • Intransient,
  • stalwart,
  • meddling,
  • nagging,
  • distressing,
  • bound,
  • inflexibility,
  • of long duration,
  • worrisome,
  • uphold,
  • focused,
  • hard-working,
  • staying with,
  • obstinacy,
  • insistence,
  • preoccupied,
  • sullen,
  • unite,
  • continuity,
  • meddlesome,
  • like bad penny,
  • durability,
  • instant,
  • compelling,
  • vigorous,
  • consistency,
  • unremittingly,
  • bull-headed,
  • equal,
  • stay put,
  • Unrelaxing,
  • Familiar,
  • balanced,
  • alike,
  • detain,
  • encourage,
  • persistently,
  • unchecked,
  • smooth,
  • unwearied,
  • long-wearing,
  • steadfastly,
  • perseveration,
  • gummy,
  • everyday,
  • hold out.

Paraphrases for Persistent:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    tenacious, persevering, insistent, stubborn, relentless, unremitting, obstinate, continuous, unrelenting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    continuous.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    continuous, unrelenting.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    pervasive, perseverance, prolonged, long-lasting, intransigent, steadfast, Recurring, nagging, diligent, Remanent, perpetual, indefatigable, dogged, entrenched, vigorous, urgent, uninterrupted, repetitive, recidivist, prevailing, unwavering, incurable, tough, die-hard, unresolved, staunch, endless, resolute, outstanding, endemic, diehard, long-running, unabated, eternal, residual, pressing, never-ending, ingrained, earnest, chronically, intensive, resistant, unfailing, inherent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    agreements, arrangements, continua, registers, emissions, keeps, persist, POPS.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pattern.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    persist.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    incessant, ever-present, lingering, tireless, long-standing, perennial, intractable, strenuous, repeated, longstanding, resilient, persistence, frequent, long-term, ceaseless, untiring, assiduous, lasting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    persistence, lasting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    persistence.

Antonyms for Persistent:

• adj.

  • abiding
    fleeting, ephemeral, transient.
  • chronic
    eradicable, occasional, intermittent, curable, temporary.
  • consistent
    inconsistent, erratic, inconstant, incongruous, varying, disagreeing, irregular.
  • constant
    stopping, Terminating, interrupted, terminable, concluding, ending.
  • continual
    checked, infrequent, halting, broken, Ceasing.
  • diligent
    indifferent, lethargic, languid, inactive, negligent.
  • durable
    weak, unsturdy, undependable, poorly made, fragile, impermanent.
  • eternal
    changeable, brief, changing.
  • firm
    indefinite, alterable, irresolute.
  • persistent
    Relenting, lazy, Surrendering.
  • Other antonyms:
    gentle, tractable, faithless, faltering, yielding, docile, sporadic, perfidious, complaisant, forgettable, hesitating, pliant, disloyal, submissive, pliable, hesitant, amenable, vacillating, traitorous, false, treacherous, obedient, undecided, teachable, dutiful, wavering, compliant.