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persistent

per·sist·ent

persistent

 
 
pronunciation:
pr sI stnt
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: continuing, lasting, or holding on, despite opposition or difficulties.
a persistent salesman
synonyms:
persevering, stubborn, tenacious
similar words:
assiduous, diligent, dogged, enduring, everlasting, firm, indefatigable, lasting, obdurate, patient, pertinacious, relentless, sedulous, steadfast, unshakable
definition 2: happening continuously or repetitively.
persistent interruptions
synonyms:
continual, continuous, perpetual, recurrent, repeated
antonyms:
intermittent, occasional
similar words:
chronic, constant, dogmatic, endless, frequent, incessant, unceasing
definition 3: enduring or long-lasting.
a persistent cough
synonyms:
enduring, lasting
similar words:
abiding, chronic, constant, continuous, incessant, obstinate, relentless, stubborn, tenacious, unremitting
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)persistent most
(adj.)persistent + noun ache, anxiety, assumption, asthma, attempt, behavior, bias, chemical, claim, cold, complaint, complication, compound, concentration, concern, confusion, contaminant, cough, critic, criticism, curiosity, current, decline, deficit, denial, depression, diarrhea, difficulty, discharge, discomfort, discrimination, disease, disorder, dispute, drizzle, drought, ear, effort, effusion, experimentation, failure, fatigue, fear, fever, gap, glow, headache, hunger, hypertension, imbalance, inequality, infection, inflammation, inflation, lack, legacy, myth, nausea, odor, offender, otitis, pain, pattern, perforation, pollutant, pollution, poverty, problem, pursuit, questioning, racism, rain, rash, recession, refusal, rumor, shortage, sinus, sodium, strain, struggle, substance, surplus, symptom, tendency, tension, theme, throat, train, trauma, unemployment, violation, weakness, wind, worry [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: persistently (adv.)