persistent

persistent
I adjective abiding, adamant, assiduous, chronic, continued, continuing, continuous, determined, diligent, dogged, durable, enduring, everlasting, faithful, indefatigable, insistent, lasting, obstinate, patient, perdurable, perseverant, persevering, pertinacious, purposeful, refusing to relent, relentless, remaining, repeated, resolute, resolved, sedulous, serious, set upon, staying, steadfast, steady, strong-willed, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, tireless, unallayed, unceasing, unchanging, unchecked, undaunted, undeviating, undiscouraged, undying, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unrelaxing, unremitting, unstopping, unswerving, untiring, unvarying, unwavering, unwearying, unyielding II index chronic, continual (connected), diligent, durable, faithful (diligent), frequent, immutable, incessant, indelible, industrious, inexorable, infinite, insistent, lasting, patient, permanent, perpetual, pertinacious, purposeful, relentless, repeated, resolute, sedulous, stable, steadfast, strong, undaunted, unrelenting, unremitting, unyielding, zealous

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  • Persistent — Per*sist ent, a. [L. persistens, entis, p. pr. of persistere. See {Persist}.] 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • persistent — per|sis|tent [pəˈsıstənt US pər ] adj 1.) [usually before noun] continuing to exist or happen, especially for longer than is usual or desirable ▪ persistent rumours ▪ persistent headaches ▪ a persistent problem ▪ persistent rain 2.) continuing to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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