persevere

Verb

Meaning

To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

persist continue hang on hold on hang in die hard last keep remain maintain stay survive pursue proceed insist

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Antonyms

logan chill out end fall shuttlecock jib

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Hypernyms

continue preserve uphold carry on bear on

Hyponyms

follow plug obstinate stick to stick with ask for it

Related terms

perseverance perseverant

Phrases with the word

to persevere persevere with persevere in persevere in the face of persevere for a long time

Derivatives

persevered persevering

Examples

To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny. George Washington

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Pythagoras

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. Robert Louis Stevenson

Persevere like a bird in the wind. Samoan Proverb

It is better to turn back than to persevere in an evil course. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

perseverator perseveraunce perseveraunt persevere for a long time persevere in persevere in the face of