persistent

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. never-ceasing (Freq. 10)
- the relentless beat of the drums
• Syn:
relentless, unrelenting
• Similar to:
continual
• Derivationally related forms:
relentlessness (for: relentless), persistency, persistence, persist
2. continually recurring to the mind (Freq. 1)
- haunting memories
- "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
• Syn:
haunting
• Similar to:
unforgettable
3. retained;
not shed
- persistent leaves remain attached past maturity
- the persistent gills of fishes
• Syn:
lasting
• Ant:
caducous
• Derivationally related forms:
lastingness (for: lasting), persist
• Topics:
biology, biological science
4. stubbornly unyielding
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
• Syn:
dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
• Similar to:
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
• Derivationally related forms:
unyieldingness (for: unyielding), tenaciousness (for: tenacious), tenacity (for: tenacious), pertinacity (for: pertinacious), persistence, doggedness (for: dogged)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding, lasting, haunting, relentless, unrelenting
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  caducous, shed