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Synonyms for persistency

  • noun

Most common

persistence perseverance tenacity obstinacy

All synonyms

Noun

persistence, tenacity, perseverance, obstinacy, stubbornness, application, insistence, pertinacity, doggedness, tenaciousness

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The state or characteristic of being persistent.

Forms

Plural
persistencies → persistences, tenacities, perseverances, obstinacies…

Example sentences

  • persistence Learning a foreign language demands persistence.
  • perseverance Learning a foreign language requires perseverance.
  • tenacity With tenacity like that, you can learn any language.
  • obstinacy There was a certain obstinacy in his voice.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
persistencyfalling
persistencerising
perseverancerising
tenacitysteady
obstinacysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
tenacity4
9 letters
obstinacy4
10 letters
insistence3, doggedness
11 letters
application4, persistence3, pertinacity
12 letters
perseverance4, stubbornness3
13 letters
tenaciousness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tenacity4 = 4 syllables).