persist :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (10)

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

v. be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

run, die hard, endure, prevail

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

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Fuzzynyms (138)

stay, remain, stay on

v. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

stay, abide, bide

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

survive, outlive, outlast

v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"

stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with

v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

drive, push, tug, labor, labour

v. strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

fight, struggle

v. make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

grind, labor, labour, toil, travail, dig, fag, drudge, moil

v. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

put forward, assert

v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

insist, be insistent, be firm, take a firm stand

v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

maintain, assert, asseverate

v. state categorically

go, run short, run low, become exhausted

v. to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

go, last, hold out, hold up, live, endure, survive

v. continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

brave, weather, endure, brave out

v. face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"

survive, outlive, outlast

v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"

stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with

drive, push, tug, labor, labour

v. strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

fight, struggle

v. make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

grind, labor, labour, toil, travail, dig, fag, drudge, moil

v. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

put forward, assert

v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

insist, be insistent, be firm, take a firm stand

v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

maintain, assert, asseverate

v. state categorically

stay, rest, remain, continue

go, run short, run low, become exhausted

v. to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"

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Antonyms (19)

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

stop, cease, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

waver, falter

v. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

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