Synonyms for insistence
Most common
pressure press insistency imperativeness stubbornness obstinacy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pressure
2. Stubbornness
stubbornness, obstinacy, persistence, persistency, resolution, pertinacity, tenacity, doggedness
Other
urgency, importunity, instance dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being insistent.
- n. 2
An urgent demand.
Related words
- Word family
- insist
Forms
- Plural
- insistences → pressures, presses, insistencies, stubbornnesses…
Example sentences
- press Press the red button if something strange happens.
- stubbornness There was a certain stubbornness in his voice.
- obstinacy There was a certain obstinacy in his voice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insistence | steady | |
| press | steady | |
| insistency | falling | |
| imperativeness | falling | |
| stubbornness | rising | |
| obstinacy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- press1
- 7 letters
- urgency3
- 8 letters
- pressure2, instance2, tenacity4
- 9 letters
- obstinacy4
- 10 letters
- resolution4, doggedness, insistency
- 11 letters
- persistence3, persistency, importunity, pertinacity
- 12 letters
- stubbornness3
- 14 letters
- imperativeness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (urgency3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- insistance
- Español
- insistencia
- Deutsch
- Akzent
- Català
- insistència