Synonyms for persist
pərˈsɪst, -ˈzɪstper·sist

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1. persistverb

   To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

   Synonyms:
   persevere

2. persistverb

   To continue to exist.

   Synonyms:
   remain, last

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1. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, remain, retain, stay

   Antonyms:
   alter, change, change, commute, convert, diversify, exchange, metamorphose, modify, qualify, shift, substitute, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

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1. prevail, persist, die hard, run, endureverb

   continue to exist

   "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

   Synonyms:
   break away, hold out, run, endure, lead, tend, hang in, carry, draw, operate, hold, function, turn tail, track down, last, stay, predominate, go, bunk, brave out, rule, weather, escape, ply, digest, hold on, prevail, execute, die hard, incline, triumph, tolerate, lam, scarper, campaign, melt down, stomach, ladder, live, dominate, head for the hills, flow, hunt down, brook, hang on, persevere, suffer, run for, lean, obtain, range, survive, take to the woods, be given, put up, stand, bleed, scat, live on, move, course, consort, unravel, stick out, extend, hightail it, reign, fly the coop, bear, play, pass, remain, melt, run away, hold up, black market, abide, brave, feed, race, guide, support, hunt, work, wear

2. persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold onverb

   be persistent, refuse to stop

   "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

   Synonyms:
   hang on, run, stay, keep, die hard, append, hang in, tack, hold on, tag on, tack on, prevail, persevere, remain, endure, grasp, stop, hold the line

3. persist, remain, stayverb

   stay behind

   "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

   Synonyms:
   hang on, last out, delay, stay on, stick, quell, stay, die hard, hang in, ride out, hold on, rest, appease, prevail, persevere, bide, run, stick around, abide, endure, stay put, remain, outride, continue, detain

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1. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   continue, remain, last, endure

2. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   PERSEVERE, be steadfast

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1. persistverb

   Synonyms:
   persevere

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1. List of paraphrases for "persist":

   remain, persevere, persistent, continue, insist, linger, exist

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1. Juliene Berk:

   Habits - the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.

2. Colin Cieszynski:

   This is just a straight follow-through from yesterday. I'm not convinced that the oil price selloff is finished yet, as the realization comes in that we are looking at a lower price environment that could persist for a while, you'll see that it will have significant impact on the producers.

3. Daniel Ang:

   Oil-exporting countries such as Malaysia may have diminished government revenues from falling energy prices and this could exacerbate their debt issues, if prices do continue to fall and persist for a long time ... oil rig developments could be re-evaluated if the cost for extraction continues to exceed the cost per barrel.

4. Isaac Asimov:

   You must keep sending work out you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

5. Qu Hongbin:

   Downside pressures on the economy still persist.