INSISTS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

insists

verb

present tense third-person singular of insist

as in alleges

to state as a fact usually forcefully she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary

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Recent Examples of insists Rosa insists that her husband was unaware he would be sent to war. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 Now the glowing screen sits in each person’s hand, and every feed insists that its user is seeing something different. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026 And while regular practice helps keep Ronaldo's skills sharp, his family insists the talent has always been there. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026 Koza insists that her spouse had no part in the violence that started with fireworks and vandalism but ended with gunfire that wounded a Johnson County deputy. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 24 June 2026 Unfiltered water, Adams insists, leads to sediment buildup in your water heater, which shortens its lifespan and lessens its heating efficiency. — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 June 2026 The group insists Yale must defend its lawful holistic admissions and educational leadership role. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The Hong Kong government insists the two security laws are crucial for the city's stability, saying freedom of speech is firmly protected in the city. — ABC News, 24 June 2026 Lasdun, by contrast, insists on delivering a meticulous retelling of the Murdaugh case, complete with byzantine subplots involving the suspicious death of the family’s housekeeper and the murder of another local teenager. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for insists

Verb

The suit alleges The Bay Club does not fall under that exception because parents are not necessarily always on the premises.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 July 2026
The lawsuit alleges the replacement tickets many fans were given by StubHub were worse than their original tickets.

— Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of alleges

Verb

The unsettled conference status for Ursuline is causing the school harm, the complaint contends.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
On Thursday, federal court records show, attorneys for Marseille filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, seeking damages for what the suit contends was undue use of force.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of contends

Verb

Bradford asserts that clarifying and renegotiating these roles for shared ownership is paramount.

— Heidi Brooks, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Meanwhile, Kallmann asserts that his father, Hartmut, always maintained that the family art collection had been intact when the Nazi’s rose to power, and all the family’s belongings were stolen soon after.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of asserts

Verb

According to her, Summit Express answers its phones seven days a week for extended hours, maintains a long-standing safety record while covering a vast area annually across Colorado’s mountain roads.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 6 July 2026
As such, Daoism maintains its complex and diverse nature well into the modern era, still striving to bring it all back into balance with the Dao.

— Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Definition of maintains

Verb

Snowflake is getting there by separating the context a customer declares from the context the platform derives on its own.

— Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
If the school declares an emergency, students may be provided with prepared text messages to keep their parents or guardians informed.

— Chaewon Chung Updated July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026