Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb persist

3 senses of persist

Sense 1
prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure -- (continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures")
       => continue -- (exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks")

Sense 2
persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on -- (be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions")
       => continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve -- (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions")

Sense 3
persist, remain, stay -- (stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up")

Antonyms of adj persisting

1 sense of persisting

Sense 1
dogging, persisting -- (relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears")

INDIRECT (VIA continuous) -> discontinuous, noncontinuous -- (not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling")

Similarity of adj persisting

1 sense of persisting

Sense 1
dogging, persisting -- (relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears")
       => continuous (vs. discontinuous), uninterrupted -- (continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks")