Synonyms for INSIST
ɪnˈsɪstin·sist

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1. insist

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

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

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1. insist

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

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

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "insist":

   stress, insists, emphasise, persevere, persist, push, demand, dwell, urge, emphasize, nasr, press

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How to use INSIST in a sentence?

1. Christoph Heusgen:

   There are other instances where U.S. representatives here insist on international law, insist on the implementation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, for instance on North Korea.

2. Avril Haines:

   The DNI must never shy away from speaking truth to power — even, especially, when doing so may be inconvenient or difficult, the DNI must insist that, when it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics — ever.

3. Lee Min-bok:

   We can help towards reunification with these balloons, it costs millions of dollars to buy a F-22 fighter jet which the South Korean government insist they need and that's not for peaceful purposes. So why do civilians like me have to do this under cover of darkness?

4. Geng Shuang:

   If they must insist on going down this wrong path China will take strong counter-measures.

5. Ezra Loomis Pound:

   Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep-herding.