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 Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra lasts from October 3 to November 13, and asks us to decipher who and what respects and esteems us (and vice versa). — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026 The loss of estrogen starts up to 10 years before a woman begins menopause and lasts the rest of her life, Rubin says. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 While the vote across Russia started Friday and lasts until Sunday to help boost turnout, balloting actually has been underway in the annexed parts of Ukraine and some areas on the Russian side of the border since the end of last month. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 But warmer temperatures favor mosquito reproduction and can mean the transmission season sometimes lasts as late as November, Bella explained. — Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 The battery lasts up to five hours on a single charge and 30 hours total with the charging case, giving them plenty of juice to last throughout the day. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasts

Verb

Of course, no budget survives an entire year exactly as written.

— David Crown, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of survives

Verb

The announcements came at Meta Connect 2026 as the company continues shifting its wearable strategy toward glasses and its personal AI agent, Muse.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Nolan Scott of Corona del Mar continues to make impact as a tight end and defensive end.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 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