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 Brown, of Relativity, insists that adopting AI is a necessary move to maintain healthy peer-to-peer and global competition. — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026 To our confoundment, the script insists that Gary, now retired, was the rare honest NYPD officer — and, weirder still, acts like that was obvious. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026 Moore, who followed Faulkner to Gainesville from Georgia Tech, insists the Gators still have the ability to attack defenses and score points. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026 In the first trailer for her two-part docuseries, Melania, The Series, the first lady insists that Barron, 20, is a major part of her life. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 9 Nov. 2026 Park recalled shopping with her mother, who dislikes heavy clothing and insists that garments feel light and comfortable, a preference that has informed her own designs. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026 While Flock Safety has become the most prominent provider of the technology – and the most prominent target of critics – Langley insists his company isn’t the problem, especially in a city heavily watched by cameras other than ALPRs. — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026 Remaining steadfast in his dharma (religious and moral principles), Rama rejects all of Lakshmana’s suggestions for resistance and insists that obedience to his father and preservation of righteousness must take precedence over royal position. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026 Later, an incredulous Bella insists the whole thing is clearly a bad PR stunt. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for insists

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The indictment alleges that McDonnell spent some of the funds paying creditors and Bellum Entertainment’s payroll.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Linda Gilbert, who was 78 at the time of the incident, alleges that hospital staff injected the wrong drug into her spinal canal during the procedure.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of alleges

Verb

Google also claims the model outperforms competing systems across benchmarks covering agent routing, reasoning, ranking and multimodal understanding, while achieving the lowest calibration error.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
All of these companies are being sued by PHI Health, a national air ambulance chain, which claims the employers are responsible for bills that health insurers haven’t fully paid, or have delayed paying.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of claims

Verb

Black asserts that the statements made by Garcia are false and that traveling to appear on national television to make such statements about the inquiry into Epstein’s crimes goes beyond the purview of a member of Congress.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
Those statements were false and were made maliciously, Black asserts through his lawyers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of asserts

Verb

Reebok is bringing Allen Iverson’s signature sneaker legacy into the modern performance basketball footwear conversation with a new Recoded upgrade that maintains the original look and feel of the classic Question Mid model.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Seeed designs and manufactures the hardware, while TRMNL maintains the firmware, plugins, and hosted service.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of maintains

Verb

Its enduring contribution to the state, the university itself often declares, is rooted in the quality of the education students receive.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
The settlement contains a provision denying wrongdoing except as expressly established in the judgment, which declares the district’s wristband ban unconstitutional.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026