Synonyms for perseverance
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Noun
1. Persistence
persistence, tenacity, steadfastness, patience, diligence, persistency, constancy, inflexibility, resolution, continuance, application, industry, pertinacity, doggedness, assiduity, tenaciousness, indefatigability, perseveration, stubbornness, obstinacy
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go, sticktoitiveness informal
Definitions
- n. 1
Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
Forms
- Plural
- perseverances → persistences, tenacities, steadfastnesses, patiences…
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Labor and pains refer to the exertions of the worker and the tax upon him, while assiduity, perseverance, etc., refer to his continuance in the work.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- patience A man without patience is like a lamp without oil.
- persistence Learning a foreign language demands persistence.
- tenacity With tenacity like that, you can learn any language.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| perseverance | rising | |
| patience | rising | |
| persistence | rising | |
| tenacity | steady | |
| steadfastness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 8 letters
- industry3, patience2, tenacity4
- 9 letters
- diligence3, constancy3, obstinacy4, assiduity
- 10 letters
- resolution4, doggedness
- 11 letters
- application4, persistence3, continuance4, persistency, pertinacity
- 12 letters
- stubbornness3
- 13 letters
- steadfastness3, inflexibility6, perseveration, tenaciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (industry3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- persévérance
- Italiano
- perseveranza
- Español
- perseverancia