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Definitions for Insist

[1] to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
[2] to lay emphasis in assertion: to insist on the justice of a claim.
[3] to dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usually followed by on or upon ): to insist on a point in a discussion.
[4] to assert or maintain firmly: He insists that he saw the ghosts.
[5] to demand or persist in demanding: I insist that you see this thing through.
[6] to make a determined demand (for) he insisted that his rights be respected ; he insisted on his rights
[7] to express a convinced belief (in) or assertion (of) he insisted that she was mad ; he insisted on her madness

Words related to Insist

contend, urge, reiterate, repeat, request, maintain, assert, vow, demand, press, hold, swear, require, importune, asseverate, persist, aver

Words nearby Insist

insinuate, insinuating, insinuation, insipid, insipience, insist, insistence, insistency, insistent, insnare, insobriety

Origin of Insist

1580–90; < Latin insistere to stand still on, persist in, equivalent to in- in-2 + sistere to stand, make stand, reduplicated derivative from base of stāre to stand

Other words from Insist

in·sist·er , noun
in·sist·ing·ly , adverb
o·ver·in·sist , verb (used without object)
re·in·sist , verb (used without object)
su·per·in·sist , verb (used without object)

Word origin for Insist

C16: from Latin insistere to stand upon, urge, from in- ² + sistere to stand

Synonyms for Insist

assert, contend, demand, hold, maintain, press, reiterate, repeat, request, stand firm, urge, vow, asseverate, aver, importune, persist, require, swear, be firm, lay down the law, take a stand