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Persistent

Persistent Meaning & Definition
Persistent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Persistent?

[adj] never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
[adj] continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
[adj] (biology) retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Persistent: continual | haunting | lasting | relentless | unforgettable | unrelenting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Persistent: abiding | accordant | adherent | adhesive | aged | age-long | alike | ancient | antique | archaic | assiduous | automatic | balanced | beaten | booming | bound | bound and determined | bulldogged | bulldoggish | bulldoggy | bullheaded | changeless | chronic | clamant | clamorous | clingy | committed | consistent | consonant | constant | continual | continuing | continuous | correspondent | crying | decided | decisive | dedicated | definite | demanding | determined | devoted | diligent | diuturnal | dogged | draining | durable | earnest | echoic | echoing | enduring | equable | equal | even | evergreen | exacting | exigent | exorbitant | extortionate | faithful | fast | firm | fixed | flat | frequent | frozen | gluey | glutinous | grasping | growling | gummy | habitual | hackneyed | hardy | haunting | homogeneous | immobile | immutable | importunate | inalterable | incessant | indefatigable | indelible | indomitable | industrious | inflexible | insistent | instant | intact | interminable | intransient | invariable | inveterate | invincible | inviolate | lasting | level | lingering | longeval | longevous | long-lasting | long-lived | long-standing | long-term | loud | loyal | macrobiotic | measured | mechanical | methodic | monolithic | nagging | never-tiring | obdurate | obsessive | obstinate | of a piece | of long duration | of long standing | ordered | orderly | patient | patient as Job | perdurable | perduring | perennial | permanent | perpetual | perseverant | persevering | persisting | pertinacious | plodding | plugging | preoccupied | pressing | purposeful | quiescent | rapt | reboant | rebounding | recurrent | recurring | reechoing | regular | relentless | remaining | repercussive | repetitive | resolute | resolved | resounding | reverberant | reverberating | reverberatory | rigid | robotlike | routine | rumbling | sedulous | self-adhesive | sempervirent | serious | sincere | single-minded | sleepless | slogging | smooth | solid | sounding | stable | static | stationary | staunch | staying | steadfast | steady | stereotyped | stickable | sticking | sticky | stubborn | sustained | systematic | tacky | taxing | tenacious | thundering | tireless | torpid | tough | trite | unabating | unaltered | unbroken | unceasing | unchangeable | unchanged | unchanging | unchecked | unconquerable | undamped | undaunted | undestroyed | undeveloped | undeviating | undifferentiated | undiscouraged | undiversified | undrooping | undying | unending | unfading | unfailing | unfaltering | unflagging | unflinching | unforgettable | uniform | unintermitting | uninterrupted | unnodding | unrelaxing | unrelenting | unremitting | unruffled | unshakable | unshifting | unsleeping | unswerving | untiring | unvaried | unvarying | unwavering | unwearied | unwearying | unwinking | urgent | utterly attentive | viscid | vital | weariless | well-trodden | well-worn | wholehearted

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Persistent In Webster's Dictionary

\Per*sist"ent\, a. [L. persistens, -entis, p. pr. of persistere. See {Persist}.] 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. 2. (Biol.) 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}.

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