LASTS Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

lasts

verb

present tense third-person singular of last

as in survives

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more

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as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state this heavy drought has lasted all summer

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Recent Examples of lasts The obvious fix, finding another supplier, often takes longer than the disruption lasts. — Alex Saric, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 For most people, protection provided by the vaccine lasts a lifetime. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 An open bottle of hair dye lasts about a year and an unopened bottle lasts two to three years. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 If the pain lasts longer than three months, doctors call the condition post-herpetic neuralgia. — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 The iPhone 18 Pro Max lasts up to 45 hours of video playback, which is about a six-hour increase over last year's kit. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2026 Indy finishes 7-10; Jones lasts 10 games due to injury, and other injuries reveal the lack of playable depth on the offensive line. — James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Once an outage lasts long enough for a customer to receive a credit, the customer will be credited for each day the outage continues. — Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Still, nothing lasts forever, and by the summer of 1929 the management of the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm was ready for another play. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasts

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The answers say more about long-term viability than any success rate, because the system that survives at scale isn’t the one that fails least, but the one that fails best.

— Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Because colonial powers have always feared the child who survives its violence and continues to imagine a sky beyond its rule.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of survives

Verb

Allen continues to don the cape for the Bills, but offseason moves improved his receiving core, and new coach Joe Brady appears determined to attack with greater aggression.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Balfe’s couture style continues a recent streak from other TIFF 2026 attendees who’ve turned to couture collections for their red carpet stints.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of continues

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Speed and quality aren’t opposites; the conflict persists because no one built the process for deciding tradeoffs.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
When inflation persists, investors demand higher interest rates on longer-term Treasury bonds, such as the 10-year, which strongly influences mortgage rates.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of persists

Verb

Take Ludwig, 2018, the artist’s first CGI video, which for eight minutes stays fixed on a single CGI blond boy who rolls around in the dark hold of a ship amid a storm.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Ted Turner Reserves also owns and operates four retreats—Armendaris, Ladder, and Sierra Grande in southern New Mexico; Vermejo in the north, on the border with Colorado—where wildlife-watching and nature excursions are built into travelers’ stays.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026