Synonyms 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.

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

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

   persistent determination

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

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance
   • Determination

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. perseverancenoun

   Synonyms:
   steadiness, persistence, persistency, constancy

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

1. perseverancenoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "perseverance":

   tenacity, persistence, stamina, steadfastness, persevering, insistence, endurance, resilience

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How to use PERSEVERANCE in a sentence?

1. Ken Farley:

   Perseverance's sophisticated science instruments will not only help in the hunt for fossilized microbial life, but also expand our knowledge of Martian geology and its past, present, and future, our science team has been busy planning how best to work with what we anticipate will be a firehose of cutting-edge data. That's the kind of' problem' we are looking forward to.

2. John Quincy Adams:

   Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

3. Archbishop Jerome Listecki:

   This has been a long process filled with prayer, patience and perseverance, but I am pleased to have reached the goal of providing compensation to those who have been harmed; creating a path toward healing; and allowing the church to continue its mission.

4. Chuzy:

   Sometimes,PERSEVERANCE could simply mean EXTENDING YOUR IRRELEVANCE

5. Mark Twain:

   The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.