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Showing words for PERSIST using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Persist

esprits, persist, priests, sitreps, spriest, sprites, stirpes, stripes, tripses

6 Letter Words for Persist

esprit, persis, pestis, pierst, pisser, pistes, prests, priest, pteris, reists, resist, resits, restis, ripest, sipers, sister, sitrep, speirs, sperst, spiers, spires, spites, sprite, sprits, stipes, stires, stirps, streps, stripe, strips, tresis, tripes

5 Letter Words for Persist

epist, epris, iters, peris, perit, perst, perts, pests, petri, piers, piert, piest, piets, piste, press, pries, priss, reist, resit, rests, retip, ripes, rises, risps, rites, seirs, septs, sesti, siest, siper, sipes, sires, sites, speir, spets, spier, spies, spire, spise, spite, spits, spret, sprit, steps, steri, sties, stipe, stire, stirp, stirs, strep, strip, tiers, tires, tress, tries, tripe, trips

4 Letter Words for Persist

epit, eris, erst, ests, ipse, ires, irpe, iter, peri, pers, pert, pess, pest, pets, pier, pies, piet, pirs, pise, piss, pist, pits, pres, pret, prie, psis, psst, psts, reit, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, ries, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, seir, seis, seit, seps, sept, sers, sert, sets, sier, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, sist, site, sits, spet, spie, spit, sris, step, ster, stie, stir, stre, terp, tier, ties, tipe, tips, tire, tres, trie, trip

3 Letter Words for Persist

eir, epi, ers, ert, esp, esr, ess, est, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ist, its, per, pes, pet, pie, pir, pis, pit, pre, prs, psi, pst, pte, pts, rei, rep, res, rie, rip, rit, rps, rpt, rte, rti, sei, sep, ser, set, sie, sip, sir, sis, sit, sps, spt, sri, sse, ssp, str, ter, tes, tie, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp, tss

Definitions for Persist

[1] to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
[2] to last or endure tenaciously: The legend of King Arthur has persisted for nearly fifteen centuries.
[3] to be insistent in a statement, request, question, etc.
[4] (often foll by in) to continue steadfastly or obstinately despite opposition or difficulty
[5] to continue to exist or occur without interruption the rain persisted throughout the night

Words related to Persist

persevere, recur, linger, pursue, remain, continue, endure, prevail, repeat, last, obtain, abide, grind, insist, strive, perseverate, perdure

Words nearby Persist

persichetti, persiennes, persiflage, persimmon, persis, persist, persistence, persistence of memory, the, persistence of vision, persistent, persistent anterior hyperplastic primary vitreous body

Origin of Persist

1530–40; < Latin persistere literally, to stand firm permanently, equivalent to per- per- + -sistere, akin to stāre to stand

Other words from Persist

per·sist·er , noun
per·sist·ing·ly , adverb
per·sis·tive , adjective
per·sis·tive·ly , adverb
per·sis·tive·ness , noun
non·per·sist·ing , adjective
un·per·sist·ing , adjective

Word origin for Persist

C16: from Latin persistere, from per- (intensive) + sistere to stand steadfast, from stāre to stand

Synonyms for Persist

continue, endure, go on, linger, persevere, prevail, pursue, recur, remain, abide, grind, insist, last, obtain, perseverate, repeat, strive, be resolute, be stubborn, follow through, follow up, go all the way, go the limit, hold on, keep up, leave no stone unturned, perdure, see through, stick it out, stick to guns, tough it out