What is another word for persistent?
927 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pəsˈɪstənt], [ pəsˈɪstənt], [ p_ə_s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n_t]
When it comes to finding synonyms for the word "persistent," there are a variety of options to choose from. Some similar words include tenacious, unrelenting, unwavering, determined, persevering, resolute, unyielding, dogged, steadfast, and relentless. These words all convey a sense of someone who does not give up easily, who continues to try, despite challenges or obstacles. Other synonyms might include words like enduring, lasting, or continuing, which emphasize the idea of something that continues on over time without giving up. Whether you are looking for a synonym for a person's attitude or for a persistent problem or issue, these words can help you find the right words to convey your meaning.
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Similar words for persistent:
- around-the-clock (adjective)
- continued (adjective)
- continuous (adjective)
- durable (adjective)
- frequent (adjective)
- game (adjective)
- habitual (adjective)
- hell-bent (adjective)
- importunate (adjective)
- incorruptible (adjective)
- inveterate (adjective)
- never-ending (adjective)
- obstinate (adjective)
- permanent (adjective)
- perpetual (adjective)
- persevering (adjective)
- resolute (adjective)
- sequential (adjective)
- single-minded (adjective)
- stable (adjective)
- tenacious (adjective)
- unfailing (adjective)
- unrelenting (adjective)
- untiring (adjective)
- abiding (adjective)
- bound and determined (adjective)
- chronic (adjective)
- clinging (adjective)
- consistent (adjective)
- continual (adjective)
- diligent (adjective)
- firm (adjective)
- haunting (adjective)
- incompliant (adjective)
- indefatigable (adjective)
- industrious (adjective)
- insistent (adjective)
- lifelong (adjective)
- mulish (adjective)
- patient (adjective)
- perennial (adjective)
- purposeful (adjective)
- relentless (adjective)
- steady (adjective)
- steady-going (adjective)
- strenuous (adjective)
- stubborn (adjective)
- unbendable (adjective)
- unceasing (adjective)
- uncompliant (adjective)
- undying (adjective)
- unmitigated (adjective)
- unremitting (adjective)
Synonyms for Persistent:
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adj.
• around-the-clock • continued • continuous- ceaseless ,
- coherent ,
- connected ,
- consecutive ,
- continuing ,
- continuous ,
- cyclical ,
- endless ,
- even ,
- everlasting ,
- featureless ,
- flat ,
- gapless ,
- habitual ,
- homogeneous ,
- incessant ,
- indefatigable ,
- invariable ,
- lasting ,
- level ,
- monolithic ,
- monotonous ,
- nonstop ,
- recurrent ,
- regular ,
- repeated ,
- repetitive ,
- robot-like ,
- seamless ,
- steady ,
- straight ,
- un-intermittent ,
- unbroken ,
- unchangeable ,
- unchanging ,
- undying ,
- unending ,
- uniform ,
- unvarying .
- hard core ,
- hardcore .
- diurnal ,
- enduring ,
- fixed ,
- forever and a day ,
- immutable ,
- in for the long haul ,
- set in concrete ,
- set in stone .
- bold ,
- bullheaded ,
- committed ,
- courageous ,
- dauntless ,
- decided ,
- decisive ,
- dedicated ,
- deliberate ,
- determined ,
- devoted ,
- dogged ,
- earnest ,
- faithful ,
- fearless ,
- headstrong ,
- hearty ,
- implacable ,
- inexorable ,
- intent ,
- intent upon ,
- iron-willed ,
- loyal ,
- plucky ,
- reliable ,
- resolved ,
- ruthless ,
- serious ,
- set ,
- spunky ,
- staunch ,
- steely ,
- stern ,
- strong-willed ,
- stubborn ,
- thorough ,
- tireless ,
- tough ,
- true ,
- unbending ,
- uncompromising ,
- unflinching ,
- unshakeable ,
- unyielding ,
- valiant ,
- willing ,
- zealous .
- bulldogged ,
- fervent ,
- flintlike ,
- hard ,
- obdurate ,
- obstinate ,
- stiff ,
- stony ,
- strong ,
- undaunted ,
- unforgetful .
- Stipulated ,
- bent ,
- exact ,
- explicit ,
- going ,
- hang tough ,
- prevailing ,
- specific ,
- stand pat ,
- stated ,
- strict ,
- unqualified .
- in exhaustible ,
- in-exhaustible ,
- more unwearying ,
- most unwearying ,
- nose grindstone ,
- stop at nothing ,
- stop nothing ,
- un faltering ,
- un wearied ,
- un wearying ,
- un-faltering ,
- un-wearied ,
- un-wearying .
- even tempered ,
- eventempered ,
- long suffering ,
- longsuffering ,
- mild tempered ,
- mildtempered ,
- more easy going ,
- more easy-going ,
- more forgiving ,
- more mild tempered ,
- more mild-tempered ,
- more mildtempered ,
- more uncomplaining ,
- most easy going ,
- most easy-going ,
- most mild tempered ,
- most mild-tempered ,
- most mildtempered ,
- most uncomplaining ,
- re signed ,
- re-signed ,
- selfpossessed ,
- sub missive ,
- un complaining ,
- un ruffled ,
- un-complaining ,
- un-ruffled ,
- under standing ,
- under-standing .
- de liberate ,
- de-liberate ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more purposive ,
- more telelogical ,
- most purposive ,
- most telelogical ,
- playing hard ball ,
- tele logical ,
- tele-logical .
- more unabated ,
- more unstoppable ,
- most unabated ,
- most unstoppable ,
- un abated ,
- un relieved ,
- un stoppable ,
- un-abated ,
- un-relieved ,
- un-stoppable .
- more stabile ,
- more unfluctuating ,
- most stabile ,
- most unfluctuating ,
- stabile ,
- un fluctuating ,
- un-fluctuating .
- more red blooded ,
- more red-blooded ,
- more redblooded ,
- most red blooded ,
- most red-blooded ,
- most redblooded ,
- red blooded ,
- red-blooded ,
- redblooded .
- in subordinate ,
- in-exorable ,
- in-subordinate ,
- more cussed ,
- more stiff necked ,
- more stiff-necked ,
- more stiffnecked ,
- most cussed ,
- most stiff necked ,
- most stiff-necked ,
- most stiffnecked ,
- set in one ways ,
- set in ones ways ,
- set in ways ,
- set one ways ,
- set one's ways ,
- set ones ways ,
- set ways ,
- stiff necked ,
- stiffnecked ,
- un reasonable ,
- un-reasonable .
- more day and night ,
- more day-and-night ,
- most day and night ,
- most day-and-night ,
- un ceasing ,
- un-ceasing .
- more undiminished ,
- more unended ,
- most undiminished ,
- most unended ,
- un diminished ,
- un ended ,
- un-diminished ,
- un-ended ,
- undiminished .
- clearcut ,
- more unalleviated ,
- more unmixed ,
- most unalleviated ,
- most unmixed ,
- out right ,
- out righter ,
- out rightest ,
- out-right ,
- out-righter ,
- straightout ,
- un abridged ,
- un adulterated ,
- un alleviated ,
- un diluted ,
- un mitigated ,
- un mixed ,
- un-abridged ,
- un-adulterated ,
- un-alleviated ,
- un-diluted ,
- un-mitigated ,
- un-mixed .
Other synonyms:
- Overlong ,
- ambitious ,
- around the clock ,
- aspiring ,
- drawn-out ,
- driven ,
- eternal ,
- hell-bent ,
- heroic ,
- lengthy ,
- lingering ,
- long-drawn-out ,
- long-standing ,
- overambitious ,
- round the clock ,
- single-minded ,
- stout ,
- stoutly ,
- strenuous ,
- timeless ,
- tough-minded ,
- unbowed ,
- undeterred ,
- unrelieved ,
- unstoppable ,
- unswerving ,
- vaulting ,
- would-be .
- hot .
- chronic .
Other relevant words:
- Besetting ,
- Chronical ,
- Clinging ,
- Clingy ,
- Diuturnal ,
- Familiar ,
- Hustling ,
- Importune ,
- Incompliant ,
- Intransient ,
- Intransmutable ,
- Longeval ,
- Longevous ,
- Maintaining ,
- Methodic ,
- Perseverant ,
- Plugging ,
- Reboant ,
- Recurring ,
- Repercussive ,
- Reverberatory ,
- Sempervirent ,
- Staying ,
- Uncheckered ,
- Undamped ,
- Undrooping ,
- Unintermitting ,
- Unrelaxing ,
- Unshifting ,
- Weariless ,
- abide ,
- accordant ,
- active ,
- adamant ,
- adhere ,
- adherence ,
- adherent ,
- adhesion ,
- adhesive ,
- aeonian ,
- affirmed ,
- age-long ,
- aged ,
- alike ,
- amplify ,
- ancient ,
- antique ,
- archaic ,
- ardent ,
- around-the-clock ,
- assert ,
- assertive ,
- assiduous ,
- assurance ,
- attentive ,
- automatic ,
- avid ,
- balanced ,
- beaten ,
- beyond ,
- bloody-minded ,
- booming ,
- bound ,
- bound and determined ,
- broaden ,
- brutal ,
- bull-headed ,
- bulldog ,
- bulldoggy ,
- careful ,
- ceaselessly ,
- certain ,
- change ,
- clamant ,
- clamorous ,
- cling ,
- common ,
- compelling ,
- concentrated ,
- confidence ,
- confirmed ,
- connect ,
- conscientious ,
- consistency ,
- consonant ,
- constancy ,
- constantly ,
- continually ,
- continuance ,
- continuation ,
- continue ,
- continuity ,
- continuously ,
- contrary ,
- contumacious ,
- correspondent ,
- countless ,
- crowded ,
- crying ,
- customarily ,
- customary ,
- dark ,
- decision ,
- deep-rooted ,
- deep-seated ,
- definite ,
- demanding ,
- dependable ,
- detailed ,
- detain ,
- determination ,
- dictatorial ,
- diehard ,
- disobedience ,
- distressing ,
- doughty ,
- dour ,
- draining ,
- durability ,
- dynamic ,
- eager ,
- echoic ,
- echoing ,
- emphatic ,
- encourage ,
- endlessly ,
- endurance ,
- endure ,
- energetic ,
- enlarge ,
- enthusiastic ,
- eonian ,
- equable ,
- equal ,
- established ,
- eternally ,
- evergreen ,
- everyday ,
- exacting ,
- exhaustive ,
- exigent ,
- exorbitant ,
- expand ,
- extend ,
- extortionate ,
- fast ,
- firmly ,
- firmness ,
- focused ,
- follow ,
- forbidding ,
- forward ,
- frequent ,
- froward ,
- frozen ,
- full ,
- full of energy ,
- game ,
- generally ,
- glowering ,
- gluey ,
- glum ,
- glutinous ,
- grasping ,
- grim ,
- growling ,
- gummy ,
- gut ,
- gutsy ,
- habitually ,
- hackneyed ,
- hard-wearing ,
- hard-working ,
- hardened ,
- hardworking ,
- hardy ,
- haunting ,
- heady ,
- heavy-duty ,
- hold ,
- hold on ,
- hold out ,
- humdrum ,
- immanent ,
- immobile ,
- immortal ,
- in for long haul ,
- inalterable ,
- incessantly ,
- incorruptible ,
- indelible ,
- indestructible ,
- industrious ,
- inflexibility ,
- inflexible ,
- ingrained ,
- innumerable ,
- insist ,
- insist on ,
- insistence ,
- instant ,
- intact ,
- intended ,
- intense ,
- intentional ,
- interfering ,
- intractable ,
- intransigent ,
- intransitive ,
- intrepid ,
- intruding ,
- intrusive ,
- intuitive ,
- inveterate ,
- invincible ,
- inviolate ,
- irrepressible ,
- irreversible ,
- iterative ,
- keen ,
- keep to ,
- keeping ,
- laborious ,
- lifelong ,
- like bad penny ,
- livelong ,
- lively ,
- long ,
- long-lasting ,
- long-lived ,
- long-term ,
- long-wearing ,
- loud ,
- lurking ,
- macrobiotic ,
- maintenance ,
- many ,
- measured ,
- mechanical ,
- meddlesome ,
- meddling ,
- methodical ,
- meticulous ,
- mettlesome ,
- minutely ,
- moody ,
- morose ,
- motivated ,
- mulish ,
- nagging ,
- never-ending ,
- never-tiring ,
- niggling ,
- non-stop ,
- noncompliance ,
- normal ,
- normally ,
- numerous ,
- observe ,
- obsessive ,
- obstinacy ,
- obtrusive ,
- of a piece ,
- of long duration ,
- of long standing ,
- officious ,
- opinionated ,
- ordered ,
- orderly ,
- ordinarily ,
- ordinary ,
- painstaking ,
- perduring ,
- periodic ,
- perpetually ,
- perseverance ,
- perseveration ,
- persevere ,
- perseveringly ,
- persist ,
- persist in ,
- persistence ,
- persistency ,
- persistently ,
- persisting ,
- pertinacious ,
- pertinacity ,
- perverse ,
- pigheaded ,
- planned ,
- plodding ,
- positive ,
- preoccupied ,
- preserve ,
- pressing ,
- primitive ,
- punctilious ,
- purposive ,
- quiescent ,
- rapt ,
- reappearing ,
- rebellious ,
- rebounding ,
- recalcitrant ,
- recollective ,
- redoubtable ,
- redundant ,
- reechoing ,
- refractory ,
- regularly ,
- reiterative ,
- remain ,
- remaining ,
- renewed ,
- reoccurring ,
- repetitious ,
- resist ,
- resolution ,
- resounding ,
- retain ,
- retaining ,
- retentive ,
- returning ,
- reverberant ,
- reverberating ,
- rigid ,
- robotlike ,
- rooted ,
- routine ,
- rumbling ,
- running ,
- saturnine ,
- scrupulous ,
- secure ,
- sedulous ,
- self-adhesive ,
- self-willed ,
- sempiternal ,
- settled ,
- sincere ,
- sleepless ,
- slogging ,
- smooth ,
- sneaking ,
- sound ,
- sounding ,
- sour ,
- spirited ,
- stability ,
- stalwart ,
- stanch ,
- standing ,
- static ,
- stationary ,
- stay put ,
- staying with ,
- steadfastly ,
- steadfastness ,
- steadily ,
- steady-going ,
- stereotyped ,
- stick to ,
- stick with ,
- sticker ,
- sticking ,
- sticky ,
- sturdy ,
- substantial ,
- sullen ,
- sure ,
- sustain ,
- systematic ,
- tacky ,
- taxing ,
- tenacious of ,
- tenacity ,
- thundering ,
- torpid ,
- tried and true ,
- trite ,
- trusty ,
- unabated ,
- unabating ,
- unafraid ,
- unalterable ,
- unaltered ,
- unappeasable ,
- unbeatable ,
- unblinking ,
- unbreakable ,
- unceasingly ,
- unchanged ,
- unchecked ,
- uncompliant ,
- unconquerable ,
- uncooperative ,
- undestroyed ,
- undeveloped ,
- undifferentiated ,
- undiscouraged ,
- undiversified ,
- unfading ,
- unfluctuating ,
- unforgettable ,
- unforgiving ,
- unhesitant ,
- unhesitating ,
- unite ,
- unmitigated ,
- unmoving ,
- unrelenting ,
- unremittingly ,
- unruffled ,
- unshakable ,
- unshaken ,
- unsleeping ,
- unvaried ,
- unwearied ,
- unwearying ,
- uphold ,
- usual ,
- usually ,
- valorous ,
- vigorous ,
- viscid ,
- vital ,
- wayward ,
- wear-resistant ,
- well-trodden ,
- well-worn ,
- wholehearted ,
- wilful ,
- willful ,
- worrisome ,
- worrying ,
- yearlong .
- Agglutinant ,
- Osculant ,
- Termless ,
- abiding ,
- ball of fire ,
- be out for blood ,
- brassbound ,
- clear cut ,
- consistent ,
- constant ,
- continual ,
- day and night ,
- day-and-night ,
- dead set on ,
- die hard ,
- diligent ,
- durable ,
- easy going ,
- easy-going ,
- ever-present ,
- firm ,
- for life ,
- grinder ,
- head-strong ,
- in full swing ,
- insistent ,
- longstanding ,
- mild-tempered ,
- mule ,
- never-failing ,
- nose to grindstone ,
- oft-repeated ,
- on the go ,
- out and out ,
- patient ,
- perennial ,
- permanent ,
- perpetual ,
- philosophic ,
- protracted ,
- psyched up on ,
- relentless ,
- resolute ,
- round-the-clock ,
- seasonal ,
- sequential ,
- set in one's ways ,
- stiff-necked ,
- stoical ,
- straight out ,
- telelogical ,
- tenacious ,
- true to type ,
- unalleviated ,
- unbendable ,
- unceasing ,
- uncomplaining ,
- undeviating ,
- unended ,
- unmixed ,
- unremitting .
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How to use "Persistent" in context?
Persistent is a word that is often used to describe people or things that don't give up easily. This might be seen as a positive characteristic, as persistence can lead to positive outcomes. It is also possible for people or things to be persistent in a negative way. For example, a persistent thief might try to steal from a store repeatedly even after being caught. In both cases, persistence is an important aspect of the person or thing.
Persistence is a trait that is often seen as valuable in other areas of life as well. For example, it is often seen as important to be persistent in completing school or work tasks.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
continuous, insistent, obstinate, persevering, relentless, stubborn, tenacious, unrelenting, unremitting.
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Proper noun, singular
continuous.
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Noun, singular or mass
continuous, unrelenting.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
chronically, die-hard, diehard, diligent, dogged, earnest, endemic, endless, entrenched, eternal, incurable, indefatigable, ingrained, inherent, intensive, intransigent, long-lasting, nagging, never-ending, outstanding, perpetual, perseverance, pervasive, pressing, prevailing, prolonged, recidivist, repetitive, residual, resistant, resolute, staunch, steadfast, tough, unabated, unfailing, uninterrupted, unresolved, unwavering, urgent, vigorous, Recurring, Remanent, long-running.
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Proper noun, singular
persist, agreements, arrangements, registers, keeps, emissions, POPS, continua.
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Noun, singular or mass
pattern.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
persist.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
assiduous, ceaseless, ever-present, frequent, incessant, intractable, lasting, lingering, long-term, longstanding, perennial, persistence, repeated, resilient, strenuous, tireless, untiring, long-standing.
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Proper noun, singular
lasting, persistence.
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Noun, singular or mass
persistence.
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Adjective
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