Synonyms of insistent

insistent

adjective

in-ˈsi-stənt 

as in persistent

continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement

Margaret Sanger is remembered as an insistent crusader for birth control

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persistent
• resolute
• stubborn
• steadfast
• relentless
• tenacious
• determined
• dogged
• adamant
• patient
• constant
• pertinacious
• steady
• dedicated
• loyal
• true
• staunch
• persevering
• willful
• positive
• faithful
• implacable
• resistant
• unyielding
• obstinate
• obdurate
• wilful
• firm
• intent
• resolved
• certain
• sure
• hard
• hardened
• assured
• hardheaded
• devoted
• mulish
• peevish
• headstrong
• single-minded
• perverse
• unhesitating
• good
• opinionated
• unfaltering
• unrelenting
• pigheaded
• unwavering
• wayward
• bullheaded
• hell-bent
• wrongheaded
• unbending
• unregenerate
• stern
• unflinching
• indomitable
• stanch
• inflexible
• self-willed
• unconquerable
• stiff-necked
• indurate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yielding
• surrendering
• hesitant
• quitting
• irresolute
• faltering
• false
• wavering
• treacherous
• fickle
• disloyal
• faithless
• perfidious
• inconstant
• hesitating
• traitorous
• vacillating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insistent

Fifteen years after her husband’s drowning in the nearby bay, Tressilian’s days are spent in a cranky routine: grumbling over the obscene resort stationed on the opposite bluff, reading London’s gossip columns, and summoning the household help with the insistent ringing of a bedroom call bell. —Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025

In a small conference room of a Manhattan hotel, Nicolás García is insistent. —Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025

But David also kind of forced Kyle to repeatedly defend her by being way too insistent that Kamilla be the one to go. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025

Its rhetoric has also turned nationalist and has been increasingly insistent about reuniting Taiwan with the mainland. —Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025