Word Meanings - PERSISTENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous. (more info) 1. Inclined to persist; having staying

Additional info about word: PERSISTENT

Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous. (more info) 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PERSISTENT)

• Durable
• Lasting
• permanent
• stable
• persistent
• abiding
• constant
• continuing
• Indefatigable
• Unwearied
• incessant
• indomitable
• Indelible
• Indestructible
• indefeasible
• ineffaceable
• irreversible
• Pertinacious
• Obstinate
• wilful
• dogged
• persevering
• determined
• unyielding

Related words: (words related to PERSISTENT)

• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• CONTINUABLE
  Capable of being continued
• CONTINUANT
  Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n.
• LAST
  of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. Chaucer.
• PERSEVER
  To persevere.
• INDEFEASIBLE
  Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title. That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to the regal power. Macaulay.
• LASTERY
  A red color. Spenser.
• LASTE
  of Last, to endure. Chaucer.
• INEFFACEABLE
  Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
• CONTINUITY
  the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity
• STABLENESS
  The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
• ABIDER
  1. One who abides, or continues. "Speedy goers and strong abiders." Sidney. 2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed.
• STABLEBOY; STABLEMAN
  A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
• CONSTANTIA
  A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.
• PERSEVERANT
  Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv.
• DOGGET
  Docket. See Docket.
• UNWEARIED
  Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n.
• INDELIBLE
  capable of being destroyed: cf. F. indélébile. See In- not, and 1. That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible
• CONTINUOUSLY
  In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
• CONTINUATION
  1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay. 2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries
• PROPLASTIC
  Forming a mold.
• POSTABLE
  Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
• RECONTINUANCE
  The act or state of recontinuing.
• ODONTOPLAST
  An odontoblast.
• INTESTABLE
  Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
• EVERLASTINGLY
  In an everlasting manner.
• TABID
  Affected by tabes; tabetic. In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative. Arbuthnot. -- Tab"id*ly, adv. -- Tab"id*ness, n.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• APLASTIC
  Not plastic or easily molded.
• LABIOPLASTY
  A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip.
• STOMATOPLASTIC
  Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.
• EMPLASTER
  See WISEMAN (more info) plaster or salve, fr. Gr.
• MONOPLAST
  A monoplastic element.
• WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
  A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
• PHELLOPLASTICS
  Art of modeling in cork.
• PROTOPLASTIC
  First-formed. Howell.