adj. Function: adjective
1 continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition, or previous failure FF1C; a persistent suitor FF1E;
Synonyms: dogged, insistent, perseverant, perseverative, persevering, persisting, persistive
Related Words: determined, steadfast, tenacious, unshakable; relentless, unremitting
Contrasted Words: malleable, pliant, tractable, yielding; infirm, invertebrate, spineless; vacillating, wavery, wobbling
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Synonyms: PRIMITIVE 3, archaic, undeveloped, unevolved