Reverse Dictionary: PERSEVERE

ADJECTIVES
► FULL OF GUTS courageously determined or persevering → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRITTY courageously determined or persevering, courageous → 1905 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IMPERSEVERANT not persevering, wanting in perseverance → 1594 obs.
► IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering → 1477
► LEETHFUL diligent, industrious, persevering → 1877 Sc.
► PERSEVERANT persistent, persevering → 1413
► SHORT-SPIRITED lacking forbearance or perseverance → 1647
► THROUGH-GOING active, energetic; persevering → 1822 Sc.
► THROUGH-PUTTING active, energetic; persevering → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► BELEAVING remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance → 1340 obs.
► PERSEVERATION perseverance → 1612
► SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy → 1867 Amer. dial.
► STICKABILITY perseverance → 1888 sl., orig. US
► STICK-TO-IT-IVENESS perseverance → 1867 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► THROUGH-GANG labour, difficulty; perseverance; energy → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABIDER a person who is steadfast, or who perseveres → 1435 obs.
► BANE an industrious, diligent, persevering man → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HACKER one who perseveres in the face of challenges; a survivor → 1970s US sl.
► PEBBLE someone who perseveres; a resolute person → 1829 Aust. sl.
► STICKER someone who perseveres; a resolute person → 1824 sl.

VERBS
► ACKADUR to persevere, to endure, to endeavour → 1866 Sc.
► HAG AT A THING to persevere, to labour, to work away at a thing → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HANG IN THERE to persevere → 1969 sl., chiefly US
► KEEP to persevere in, to carry on with, to maintain → 1935 Amer. dial.
► KEEP ON TRUCKING to persevere → 1972 US sl.
► LAY WITH ► LAY WITH IT to hold tight to, to keep at, to stick with a task or a project or continue to work hard → 1954 Amer. dial.
► PEG AWAY to persevere → 1818 sl.
► PLUG AWAY to continue working hard at something, to persevere → 1947 sl.
► PUNCH AWAY to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; to persevere → colloq.
► RESOLUTE to persevere → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SOLDIER ON to persevere against peril; to continue doggedly in the face of difficulty or hardship → 1954 UK sl.
► STAND A GOOD FAG to persevere, to resist tiredness → 1796 sl.
► STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► STICK WITH to persevere → 1915 sl.
► SUBSIST to keep on, to persevere → 1632 obs.
► VASBYT to keep going, to ‘tough it out’, to ‘bite the bullet’ → 1960s S. Afr. sl., orig. military
► WADE to persevere under difficulties → 1714 obs.