Definition of persistent

"persistent" in the adjective sense

1. persistent, relentless, unrelenting

never-ceasing

"the relentless beat of the drums"

2. haunting, persistent

continually recurring to the mind

"haunting memories"

"the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy

3. persistent, lasting

retained not shed

"persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"

"the persistent gills of fishes"

4. dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

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"

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Quotations for persistent

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

Cheeriness is a thing to be more profoundly grateful for than all that genius ever inspired or talent ever accomplished. Next best to natural, spontaneous cheeriness is deliberate, intended and persistent cheeriness, which we can create, can cultivate and can so foster and cherish that after a few years the world will never suspect that it was not an hereditary gift. [ Helen Hunt Jackson ]

persistent in Scrabble®

The word persistent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters persistent:

PERSISTENT
(117)
PERSISTENT
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (49 words)

entries, inepter, inserts, insteps, nesters, netters, penises, persist, pesters, petites, pettier, present, presets, pretest, priests, pterins, renests, repents, repines, resents, respins, respite, resteps, retests, retints, seitens, septets, serpent, sestine, setters, sinters, sitters, snipers, spinets, spriest, sprints, sprites, streets, stripes, tensest, tenters, tentier, terpine, tersest, testers, testier, tinters, tipster, trienes

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word persistent

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In persistent

PERSISTENT
(117)
PERSISTENT
(117)
TIPSTER
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persistent in Words With Friends™

The word persistent is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters persistent:

PERSISTENT
(162)
PERSISTENT
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (49 words)

entries, inepter, inserts, insteps, nesters, netters, penises, persist, pesters, petites, pettier, present, presets, pretest, priests, pterins, renests, repents, repines, resents, respins, respite, resteps, retests, retints, seitens, septets, serpent, sestine, setters, sinters, sitters, snipers, spinets, spriest, sprints, sprites, streets, stripes, tensest, tenters, tentier, terpine, tersest, testers, testier, tinters, tipster, trienes

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word persistent

PERSISTENT
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In persistent

PERSISTENT
(162)
PERSISTENT
(162)
RESPINS
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INEPTER
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PERSISTENT
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Words within the letters of persistent

2 letter words in persistent (7 words)

9 letter words in persistent (3 words)

10 letter words in persistent (Anagrams) (3 words)

persistent + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence persistent

Words that start with persistent (2 words)

Words with persistent in them (1 word)

Words that end with persistent (2 words)

Word Growth involving persistent

Shorter words in persistent

is persist

pe per persist

en ten tent stent

Longer words containing persistent

nonpersistent

persistently