Synonyms of persists

persists

verb

present tense third-person singular of persist

1

as in perseveres

to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement

she persisted in her efforts and eventually got the job she wanted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perseveres
• carries on
• hangs in there
• guts it out
• hangs on
• follows through (with)
• keeps up
• knuckles down
• digs in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quits
• submits
• gives up
• yields
• succumbs
• knocks off
• surrenders
• gives in
• falters
• hesitates
• bows
• vacillates
• wavers
• wobbles
• hangs back
• shilly-shallies

2

as in remains

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

my headache persisted for almost the entire day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remains
• continues
• lasts
• endures
• stays
• lingers
• survives
• prevails
• abides
• holds on
• perdures
• keeps up
• runs on
• bides
• holds up
• sticks around
• tarries
• carries through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ceases
• concludes
• stops
• dies
• ends
• closes
• expires
• passes
• terminates
• lapses
• finishes
• quits
• winds up
• subsides
• discontinues
• desists
• dies (down)
• wanes
• leaves off
• moderates
• abates
• ebbs
• lets up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of persists

This story persists, even though the Plath scholar Janet Badia, in her foundational book Sylvia Plath and the Mythology of Women Readers, proved definitively that these protests never happened. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

What’s even more interesting is that the pattern persists above the temperature where uranium ditelluride stops being superconducting. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

If the double-digit decline persists, television executives and conference officials ought to take a closer look at why. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

The news comes amid ongoing tensions as the war in Iran persists, with Trump refusing a deal with Iran to open the Strait as recently as Saturday, impacting the world's oil supply. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

The atmosphere persists even when the characters are off the air, as if to suggest that the seeping rot of the show has metastasized into every moment of their lives. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Its composition may evolve from one engagement to the next, but its identity persists, allowing knowledge to accumulate, methods to improve and value to compound over time. — Dave McCann, Forbes.com, 23 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, 20 Sep. 2026

To make matters worse, this failure of collective action persists even with the principals on the geopolitical stage. — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026