Thesaurus: persistent

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1. a. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
2. a. Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
3. adj. never-ceasing
4. adj. continually recurring to the mind
5. adj. retained; not shed
6. adj. stubbornly unyielding
7. 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. 2. (Biol.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
8. Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kindsometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teethor gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.
9. j:100 s. never-ceasing a. retained; not shed