persistent

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: persistant, persistence, persisted, persisting, persistency, resistent, impersistent, persister, persisters

Antonyms: persistant, persistence, persisted, persisting, persistency, resistent, impersistent, persister, persisters

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. [[obstinately|Obstinately]] [[refusing]] to [[give up]] or [[let go]].
2. {{senseid|en|repetitive}} [[insistently|Insistently]] [[repetitive]].
3. [[indefinitely|Indefinitely]] [[continuous]].
4. {{lb|en|botany}} [[last|Lasting]] past [[maturity]] without [[falling]] off.
5. {{lb|en|computing}} Of data or a [[data structure]]: not [[transient]] or [[temporary]], but [[remain]]ing in [[existence]] after the [[termination]] of the [[program]] that creates it.
6. {{lb|en|mathematics}} Describing a [[fractal process]] that has a [[positive]] [[Brown function]]
7. {{lb|en|mathematics|stochastic processes|of a [[state]]}} non-[[transient]].

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.