10 Letter Words for Persisting
persisting, springiest
9 Letter Words for Persisting
pitressin, priesting, resisting, respiting, sistering, speirings, stripings
8 Letter Words for Persisting
enspirit, girniest, gripiest, igniters, insister, inspires, pigsnies, pigsties, pingster, pressing, presting, prissing, pristine, reinsist, reisting, resiting, restings, rispings, sinister, snipiest, speiring, spersing, spiering, spiniest, spinster, spiriest, springes, stingers, stingier, strigine, striping, tressing, trigness
7 Letter Words for Persisting
entiris, esprits, estrins, gipsens, gipsire, grissen, grisset, igniter, ignites, ingests, ingress, inserts, inspire, insteps, nipters, penitis, persing, persist, pigsnie, pingers, piniest, pinites, pirnies, pissing, pitiers, presign, priests, pristis, pterins, resigns, resting, ringite, risings, risping, seising, serting, siering, signers, signets, signist, singers, sinters, sistern, sistine, sisting, sitings, sitreps, snipers, snipier, spignet, spinets, spinier, spiring, spirits, spiting, spriest, springe, springs, sprints, sprites, stinger, stiring, stirpes, striges, strines, strings, stripes, tiepins, tiering, tigress, tigrine, tipsier, tirings, tripses, tripsis
6 Letter Words for Persisting
engirt, esprit, estrin, geists, genips, gipsen, gipser, girnie, gispin, gneiss, greins, gripes, grists, ignite, inerts, ingest, ingirt, insert, insets, insist, insite, instep, inters, intire, irises, issite, nepits, nigers, nipter, niters, periti, pernis, persis, pestis, pieing, pieris, pierst, pignet, pinger, pinier, pinies, pinite, pirnie, pirnit, pisser, pistes, pitier, pities, pitris, prents, prests, priest, prints, pterin, pteris, reigns, reists, renigs, repins, resign, resing, resins, resist, resits, respin, restis, rinses, ripens, ripest, riping, rising, seniti, sepsin, sering, serins, sients, sigint, signer, signet, singer, singes, sinter, sipers, siping, sirens, siring, sisten, sister, siting, sitrep, sniper, snipes, snirts, speirs, sperst, spiers, spines, spinet, spires, spirit, spites, spreng, sprent, sprigs, spring, sprint, sprite, sprits, steins, sterin, sterns, stinge, stings, stipes, stires, stirps, streng, streps, strigs, strine, string, stripe, strips, terpin, tessin, tiepin, tigers, tigris, tinger, tinges, tinier, tinies, tiring, tresis, triens, trines, tripes
5 Letter Words for Persisting
ensis, entsi, epist, epris, ering, geist, geits, genii, genip, genit, gents, gerip, gests, ginep, giris, girns, girse, girts, gists, gites, grein, greit, grens, grins, grint, gripe, grips, gript, grist, grits, ignis, inept, inert, inger, insep, inset, instr, inter, intis, iring, issei, iters, neist, nepit, nerts, nests, niger, niris, nisei, nisse, niter, penis, pents, peris, perit, perns, perst, perts, pests, petri, piers, piert, piest, piets, piing, piner, pines, pinge, pings, pinte, pints, pirns, piste, prent, press, pries, prigs, prine, print, priss, regin, reign, reins, reist, renig, rents, repin, resin, resit, rests, retin, retip, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rises, risps, rites, segni, seirs, sengi, senit, senti, sents, septs, sergt, serin, sesti, siens, sient, siest, signs, sines, singe, sings, siper, sipes, siren, sires, siris, sites, snerp, snies, snigs, snipe, snips, snirt, snite, snits, speir, spent, spets, spier, spies, spine, spins, spire, spise, spite, spits, spret, sprig, sprit, ssing, stein, steng, stens, steps, steri, stern, sties, stine, sting, stipe, stire, stirp, stirs, strep, strig, strip, terns, tiens, tiers, tiger, tiges, tines, tinge, tingi, tings, tires, tress, tries, trigs, trine, trins, tripe, trips, tsine
4 Letter Words for Persisting
engr, engs, entr, epit, ergs, erin, eris, erns, erst, ests, gein, geir, geit, gens, gent, gers, gess, gest, gets, gien, gies, gins, gire, giri, girn, girt, gise, gist, gite, gits, gpss, gren, gret, grin, grip, gris, grit, init, insp, inst, inti, intr, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, isis, isnt, iter, negs, neps, ness, nest, neti, nets, nies, nips, nisi, nist, nits, pegs, peng, peni, pens, pent, peri, pern, pers, pert, pess, pest, pets, pien, pier, pies, piet, pigs, pine, ping, pins, pint, pirn, pirs, pise, piss, pist, pits, pres, pret, prie, prig, prin, psig, psis, psst, psts, regs, regt, rein, reit, rent, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, rgen, ries, rigs, rine, ring, rins, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, segs, seir, seis, seit, sens, sent, sepg, sepn, seps, sept, serg, sers, sert, sets, sien, sier, sign, sine, sing, sins, sipe, sips, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sisi, sist, site, siti, sits, snig, snip, snit, spet, spie, spig, spin, spit, sris, steg, sten, step, ster, stge, stie, stir, stre, tegs, teng, tens, tern, terp, tien, tier, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tipe, tips, tire, tres, trie, trig, trin, trip
3 Letter Words for Persisting
eir, eng, ens, epi, erg, ern, ers, ert, esp, esr, ess, est, gen, ger, get, gie, gin, gis, git, gnp, gns, gps, grs, gte, ign, ing, ins, int, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isn, ist, its, neg, nei, nep, net, nie, nig, nip, nis, nit, peg, pen, per, pes, pet, pie, pig, pin, pir, pis, pit, pre, prn, prs, psi, pst, pte, ptg, pts, reg, rei, rep, res, rie, rig, rin, rip, rit, rps, rpt, rte, rti, seg, sei, sen, sep, ser, set, sie, sig, sin, sip, sir, sis, sit, sps, spt, sri, sse, ssp, stg, str, teg, ten, ter, tes, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tip, tis, tng, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp, tss
Definitions for Persisting
[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 Persisting
persistpersevere, recur, linger, pursue, remain, continue, endure, prevail, repeat, last, obtain, abide, grind, insist, strive, perseverate, perdure
Words nearby Persisting
persistpersichetti, persiennes, persiflage, persimmon, persis, persist, persistence, persistence of memory, the, persistence of vision, persistent, persistent anterior hyperplastic primary vitreous body
Origin of Persisting
1530–40; < Latin persistere literally, to stand firm permanently, equivalent to per- per- + -sistere, akin to stāre to stand
Other words from Persisting
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 Persisting
C16: from Latin persistere, from per- (intensive) + sistere to stand steadfast, from stāre to stand
Synonyms for Persisting
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
