Synonyms for insist
ɪnˈsɪst

Princeton's WordNet(2.90 / 10 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. insist, take a firm stand(verb)

   be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

   "I must insist!"

   Synonyms:
   importune, take a firm stand, assert

2. importune, insist(verb)

   beg persistently and urgently

   "I importune you to help them"

   Synonyms:
   importune, take a firm stand, assert

3. insist, assert(verb)

   assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.84 / 12 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. insist

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

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

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1. insist(v)

   Synonyms:
   persist, press, urge, contend

PPDB, the paraphrase database(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "insist":

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

How to pronounce insist?

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Indian

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How to use insist in a sentence?

1. Heywood Broun:

   Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

2. Ben Smith:

   It will be difficult for producers to insist on destination clauses.

3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   There is no time to insist on sweeping renegotiations or ultimatums about other policies, clean funding for worker pay in a crisis should not be controversial.

4. 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.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   It must go in a must-pass bill and the only must-pass bill that we see coming down the road between now and March 5 is this [stopgap measure]. So we continue to believe, insist, that it must be in this bill.

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