Synonyms of the word

persist

• v. (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
• v. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
• v. (intransitive) To continue to exist.
• v. (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.

continue

• v. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
• v. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
• v. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position etc.
• v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
• v. (intransitive) To resume.
• v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
• v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
• n. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
• n. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements…

endure

• v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
• v. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
• v. (intransitive) To last.
• v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
• v. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
• v. (obsolete) To indurate.

persevere

• v. To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction,…

preserve

• n. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
• n. A reservation, a nature preserve.
• n. An activity with restricted access.
• v. To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
• v. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare…
• v. To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

prevail

• v. (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage…
• v. (intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
• v. (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.

remain

• n. State of remaining; stay.
• n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
• n. (plural only) remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
• n. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
• v. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left…
• v. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to…
• v. To await; to be left to.
• v. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.

run

• v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
• v. (fluids) To flow.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
• v. (social) To carry out an activity.
• v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
• v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
• v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
• v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
• v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
• v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
• v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
• v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
• v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
• v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
• v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
• v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
• v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
• v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
• v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
• v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
• v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
• v. To have growth or development.
• v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
• v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
• v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
• v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
• n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
• n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
• n. A pleasure trip.
• n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
• n. Migration (of fish).
• n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
• n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
• n. A (regular) trip or route.
• n. The route taken while running or skiing.
• n. The distance sailed by a ship.
• n. A voyage.
• n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
• n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
• n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
• n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
• n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
• n. A trial.
• n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
• n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
• n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
• n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
• n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
• n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
• n. Any sudden large demand for something.
• n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
• n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
• n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
• n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
• n. (cricket) A point scored.
• n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
• n. Unrestricted use of.
• n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
• n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
• n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
• n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
• n. A pair or set of millstones.
• n. (video games) A playthrough.
• n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
• n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
• n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
• n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
• adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
• adj. Cast in a mould.
• adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
• adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

stay

• v. (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
• v. (transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
• v. (transitive) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
• v. (transitive) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
• v. (transitive) To hold the attention of.
• v. (transitive) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
• v. (transitive) To wait for; await.
• v. (intransitive) To rest; depend; rely.
• v. (intransitive) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
• v. (intransitive) To come to an end; cease.
• v. (intransitive) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
• v. (intransitive) To make a stand; stand.
• v. (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
• v. (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide.
• v. (intransitive) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
• v. (intransitive, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
• v. (intransitive) To continue to have a particular quality.
• v. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
• v. (obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
• v. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
• v. To fasten or secure with stays.
• n. A prop; a support.
• n. (archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
• n. That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint.
• n. A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
• n. (archaic) A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress.
• n. A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
• n. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
• n. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
• n. (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
• n. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
• n. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
• n. (obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
• n. (nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other…
• n. A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole,…
• n. (chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Steep; ascending.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
• adj. (Britain dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
• adv. (Britain dialectal) Steeply.

uphold

• v. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
• v. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
• v. To support by approval or encouragement.