insist
English Thesaurus
1. assert to be true (verb.cognition)
2. beg persistently and urgently (verb.communication)
| hyponym | : | besiege, |
| definition | : | harass, as with questions or requests (verb.communication) |
3. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge (verb.communication)
| hyponym | : | hold firm, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat, |
| definition | : | refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | assert, asseverate, maintain, |
| definition | : | state categorically (verb.communication) |
4. assert to be true (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | affirmation, assertion, statement, |
| definition | : | the act of affirming or asserting or stating something (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | affirmable, assertable, |
| definition | : | capable of being affirmed or asserted (adj.all) |
5. beg persistently and urgently (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | insistence, insistency, |
| definition | : | the act of insisting on something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | insistence, insisting, insistence, insisting, |
| definition | : | continual and persistent demands (noun.communication) |
6. assert to be true (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | affirmation, assertion, statement, |
| definition | : | the act of affirming or asserting or stating something (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | affirmable, assertable, |
| definition | : | capable of being affirmed or asserted (adj.all) |
7. beg persistently and urgently (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | insistence, insistency, |
| definition | : | the act of insisting on something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | insistence, insisting, insistence, insisting, |
| definition | : | continual and persistent demands (noun.communication) |
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