persist

/pɚsˈɪst/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. continue to exist
   “These stories die hard”
2. be persistent, refuse to stop
   “he persisted to call me every night”
3. stay behind
   “The smell stayed in the room”

Synonyms for persist

• prevail
• die hard
• run
• endure
• persevere
• hang in
• hang on
• hold on
• remain
• stay

Words that rhyme with persist

• twist
• list
• resist
• assist
• consist
• mist
• enlist
• insist
• nativist
• blacklist
• coexist
• cyst
• exist
• gist
• oculist
• pissed
• recidivist
• spiritualist
• tryst
• anarchist
• anthologist
• checklist
• delist
• desist
• dismissed
• epidemiologist
• fist
• grist
• missed
• numismatist