'Persistent' definitions:
Definition of 'persistent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: persistent, relentless, unrelenting]
adjective
Continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy [syn: haunting, persistent]
adjective
Retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes" [syn: persistent, lasting] [ant: caducous, shed]
adjective
Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding]
Definition of 'Persistent'
From: GCIDE
- Persistent \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'persistent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- accordant,
- adherent,
- adhesive,
- age-long,
- aged,
- 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,
- long-lasting,
- long-lived,
- long-standing,
- long-term,
- longeval,
- longevous,
- 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