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persistent

/p/@/r's/I/st/@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. retained; not shed

    adj.all

    Examples
    Persistent leaves remain attached past maturity.
    The persistent gills of fishes.
    Synonyms lasting
    Antonyms caducous shed

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. never-ceasing

    adj.all

    Synonyms relentless unrelenting

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. continually recurring to the mind

    adj.all

    Synonyms haunting

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. stubbornly unyielding

    adj.all

    Synonyms dogged dour pertinacious tenacious unyielding

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

persispersismpersistpersist inpersistencepersistencypersistentlypersistingpersistivepersnicketypersolveperson

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