PERSEVERATE Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word perseverate. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for PERSEVERATE
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continue | verbv | |||||||
verb • continue a certain state, condition, or activity • continue talking • keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last • move ahead; travel onward in time or space • allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature • do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop • continue after an interruption • continue in a place, position, or situation • span an interval of distance, space or time • exist over a prolonged period of time | ||||||||
dwell | verbv | |||||||
verb • think moodily or anxiously about something • originate (in) • be an inhabitant of or reside in • exist or be situated within • come back to | ||||||||
endure | verbv | |||||||
verb • put up with something or somebody unpleasant • face and withstand with courage • continue to live and avoid dying • undergo or be subjected to • last and be usable • persist for a specified period of time • continue to exist | ||||||||
fixate | verbv | |||||||
verb • attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way • pay attention to exclusively and obsessively • make fixed, stable or stationary • become fixed (on) | ||||||||
insist | verbv | |||||||
verb • be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge • beg persistently and urgently • postulate positively and assertively | ||||||||
obsess | verbv | |||||||
verb • haunt like a ghost; pursue • be preoccupied with something | ||||||||
persist | verbv | |||||||
verb • continue to exist • be persistent, refuse to stop • stay behind | ||||||||
repeat | verbv | |||||||
noun • an event that repeats verb • to say, state, or perform again • make or do or perform again • happen or occur again • to say again or imitate • do over • repeat an earlier theme of a composition | ||||||||
ruminate | verbv | |||||||
verb • chew the cuds • reflect deeply on a subject | ||||||||
harp | nounn | |||||||
noun • a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers • a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade • a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole verb • come back to • play the harp | ||||||||
obsesses | verbv | |||||||
verb • haunt like a ghost; pursue • be preoccupied with something | ||||||||
keep on | verbv | |||||||
verb • allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature |