Reverse Dictionary: PERSIST

ADJECTIVES
► EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather → 1786 Sc.
► HEADY ► HEIDIE ► HEIDY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent → 1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► IDENT diligent, persistent → 1591 Sc.
► IMPORTUNATE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious, persistent, persevering → 1477
► IMPORTUNE persistent or pressing in solicitation; pertinacious; irksome through persistency of request → 1447
► INSTANT urgent, pressing, persistent → 1839 Sc.
► OBSTINED made obstinate or persistent; hardened → 1606 obs.
► ONSTANDIN determined, unyielding, esp. in bargaining; importunate, stolidly persistent in trying to get one’s way → 1866 Sc.
► PERSEVERANT persistent, persevering → 1413
► PERSISTIVE tending to persist → 1606
► PERTINACE persistent or stubborn in holding to one’s own opinion or design; resolute, obstinate → 1400 obs.
► PERTINACIOUS persistent or stubborn in holding to one’s own opinion or design; resolute, obstinate → 1626 obs.
► PERTINATE persistent or stubborn in holding to one’s own opinion or design; resolute, obstinate → 1534 obs.
► STICKY long-lasting, persistent → 1879
► THRO stubborn, obstinate, persistent; reluctant to give way → 1300 obs.
► THROLY vehement, persistent, painful → 1350 obs.

ADVERBS
► EVER AND ALWAYS always; persistently → 1967 Amer. dial.
► IMPORTUNABLY persistently, pertinaciously; importunately → 1502 obs.
► IMPORTUNATELY with pressing or persistent action or purpose; pressingly → 1568
► IMPORTUNELY pressingly, persistently, pertinaciously → 1502 obs.
► LIKE A FART IN A PHONEBOX persistently → 1986 sl.

NOUNS
► IMPROBITY persistency, perseverance → c1380 obs.
► MAIN STRENGTH AND AWKWARDNESS brute force; simple persistence → 1928 Amer. dial.
► MAIN STRENGTH OF IGNORANCE brute force; simple persistence → 1942  Amer. dial.
► OBSTINANCE stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy → 1432-50
► OBSTINANCY stubborn or self-willed persistence; obstinacy → 1614
► PERTINACITY resolute or stubborn adherence to an opinion, course of action, etc.; persistence; perverse obstinacy or stubbornness → 1504

NOUNS – PERSON
► BARNACLE one who persists at something → 1896 US sl. 
► BAUSON ► BAWSON a stupidly persistent man → 19C arch.
► BIRD DOG a persistent, tenacious person → 1922 sl.
► ENERGIZER BUNNY an extremely determined, persistent, and industrious person → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MASTERPIECE a self-willed person; one who persists in having his own way → 1895 Eng. dial.
► MUSTARD PLASTER an unpopular but persistent young man → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► STINGAREE an annoyingly persistent person → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

PHRASES
► DEAD BUT WON’T LIE DOWN persistent where most would believe it futile to go on → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► FALL BACK, FALL EDGE come what may; through thick and thin → 1622

VERBS
► BE LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE to be tenacious, persistent, or obstinate; to be unwilling to yield, relent, or let go; to be unable to set aside a preoccupation or obsession → 1887
► CHOOGLE to continue, to persist → 1960s US sl.
► DOG to harass or worry a person; to continue at a thing persistently or doggedly → 1645
► DUN to persist in trying to get what is due to one → c1626
► DURE to persist, to hold out in action; to continue in a certain state, condition, or place → 1297 obs.
► GUT IT OUT to be strong or tough in the face of adversity; to be sturdily stoic; to persist; to endure bravely and tenaciously → 1930s Amer. sl.
► HOLD OUT to endure, to persist → 1593
► IMPORTUNATE to solicit persistently; to urge, to importune → a1598
► IMPORTUNE to solicit pressingly and persistently; to ply or beset with requests or petitions → 1530
► OPINIATRE to maintain or persist in obstinately → 1652 obs.
► PERDURATE to continue, to endure; to persist; to last forever → 1558
► PERDURE to continue, to endure; to persist; to last forever  → 1475
► PLUG to persist doggedly → 1865 sl.
► STAND TRUE VERMIN to show pluck and persistency → 1834
► STAY-WITH to persist or persevere in; to stick to → 1913  Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TOUGH IT OUT to endure something doggedly and bravely; to persist and survive against rigours → 1830 US sl.
► WHALE AWAY to attack or do something vigorously and persistently → 1897 sl.