Thesaurus:persist
English
Verb
(intransitive)
Sense: to continue to exist
Synonyms
- abide (archaic)
- aby (obsolete)
- astand (obsolete)
- endure
- go on
- lie [⇒ thesaurus]
- prevail
- hold on
- last
- live
- persist
- remain [⇒ thesaurus]
- stick [⇒ thesaurus]
- stick it out
- stick out
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Further reading
- “1. existence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “110. diuturnity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “141. permanence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “persist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.