Antonyms for INSIST
ɪnˈsɪstin·sist

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1. insist

   Antonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

   Synonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, refuse, reject

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1. insist

   Antonyms:
   abandon, waive, concede, surrender, yield, forego

   Synonyms:
   stand, demand, maintain, contend, persist, persevere, urge

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1. insist, take a firm standverb

   be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

   "I must insist!"

   Synonyms:
   importune, insist, take a firm stand, assert

2. importune, insistverb

   beg persistently and urgently

   "I importune you to help them"

   Synonyms:
   importune, take a firm stand, assert, insist

3. insist, assertverb

   assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

   Synonyms:
   swear, importune, asseverate, maintain, insist, verify, assert, take a firm stand, put forward, swan, affirm, avow, aver

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1. insistverb

   Synonyms:
   persist, press, urge, contend

How to use INSIST in a sentence?

1. Lot Chakonza:

   thats why I insist that love itself is a mystery,which when allowed to haunt a man's mind,the power of reasoning itself may fail.

2. Kok Chwee Sim:

   Spotting in locations such as Singapore where the hobby is less understood, the biggest challenge is posed by the security, even as one is clearly and visibly harmless near an airport, security personnel tend to insist that one moves on and not spot or photograph airplanes.

3. Perfecto Yasay:

   They said if you will insist on the ruling, discussing it along those lines, then we might be headed for a confrontation, but I really honestly feel that this is something they have to make on a public basis but I also sensed there was room for us to talk very quietly using backdoor channeling.

4. Keisha Ray:

   One of the ethical challenges is, are we going to insist on fair distribution within those countries ? Or are we just going to give them vaccine and let them give it to the military and elite ? it sounds nice to say we're going to aid others, but its simplistic, because some governments are corrupt.

5. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov:

   I will insist on the immediate closure of the external borders of the whole European Union.

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