Antonyms for perseverance
ˌpɜr səˈvɪər ənsper·se·ver·ance

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 11 votes

1. perseverance

   Industry is the quality, action, or habit of earnest, steady, and continued attention or devotion to any useful or productive work or task, manual or mental. Assiduity (Latin ad, to, and sedeo, sit), as the etymology suggests, sits down to a task until it is done. Diligence (Latin diligo, love, choose) invests more effort and exertion, with love of the work or deep interest in its accomplishment; application (Latin ad, to, and plico, fold) bends to its work and concentrates all one's powers upon it with utmost intensity; hence, application can hardly be as unremitting as assiduity. Constancy is a steady devotion of heart and principle. Patience works on in spite of annoyances; perseverance overcomes hindrances and difficulties; persistence strives relentlessly against opposition; persistence has very frequently an unfavorable meaning, implying that one persists in spite of considerations that should induce him to desist. Industry is diligence applied to some avocation, business, or profession. Labor and pains refer to the exertions of the worker and the tax upon him, while assiduity, perseverance, etc., refer to his continuance in the work.

   Antonyms:
   changeableness, fickleness, idleness, inattention, inconstancy, indolence, neglect, negligence, remissness, sloth

   Synonyms:
   application, assiduity, attention, constancy, diligence, effort, exertion, industry, intentness, labor, pains, patience, persistence, sedulousness

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance
   • Determination

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacitynoun

   persistent determination

   Synonyms:
   tenacity, persistency, perseveration, persistence, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

2. perseverance, persistence, perseverationnoun

   the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

   "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

   Synonyms:
   tenacity, persistency, perseveration, persistence, doggedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, continuity

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. perseverancenoun

   Synonyms:
   persistence, diligence, constancy, indefatigableness, assiduity, pertinacity

How to use perseverance in a sentence?

1. Francis Quarles:

   The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

2. Josh King Madrid:

   An individual's frame is influenced by their willpower, perseverance, endurance, skill set, emotional maturity, and self assurance. The fact that frame is self-reinforcing is among its most significant features.”

3. Philip Hammond:

   I condemn this appalling attack on innocent civilians supporting our diplomatic activity, this outrage brings home to us once again the courage and perseverance of the people of Afghanistan and members of the international community who support them, who have lived together through decades of conflict.

4. President Biden:

   Congratulations to NASA and everyone whose hard work made Perseverance's historic landing possible, today proved once again that with the power of science and American ingenuity, nothing is beyond the realm of possibility.

5. Dusty Baker:

   I think about Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson, who helped me a lot, Bill Walsh, all the general managers and owners I've had, whether Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson fired me eventually or not, it just sort of added to my perseverance and determination and faith. I've also got to thank my detractors for giving me the motivation to go on because there's a lot of people that doubted me in the beginning when I first got the job with no experience, a lot of them that doubted me even though I was winning.

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