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Insisting - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | insist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order and expect; claim |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, aver, contend, demand, hold, importune, maintain, persist, press, reiterate, repeat, request, require, swear, urge, vow, be firm, lay down the law, stand firm, take a stand |
| Antonyms: | endure, forget, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, declare, guarantee, ice*, insist, maintain, nail down*, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, ratify, repeat, set, state, swear, testify, vouch, witness, avouch, cross heart, have a lock on, lock up, put on ice, rubber-stamp, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, maintain property or right |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, exact, hit, hold, insist, justify, knock, need, pick up, pop the question*, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, take, uphold, vindicate, have dibs on something, hit up, hold out for, lay claim to, stake out |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
| Synonyms: | affirm, allege, assert, aver, avow, blast, charge, claim, come at, cross, debate, defend, dictate, dispute, enjoin, gang up on, hold, insist, justify, lay into*, maintain, mix, prescribe, report, rip*, say, take on, tell, urge, vindicate, warrant, zap*, fly in face of, go at, have at*, have bone to pick, jump on, lace into, let have it, light into*, lock horns with, mix it up, put up argument, set to, sock it to one, stick it to |
| Antonyms: | cede, give in, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | declare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known clearly or officially |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allege, announce, argue, assert, attest, aver, avow, blaze, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, publish, render, repeat, reveal, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch, allegate, asservate, be positive, bring forward, give out, propound, put forward, reaffirm, reassert, set forth |
| Antonyms: | deny, disavow, retract |
| Main Entry: | exhort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | urge, warn |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, beseech, bid, caution, counsel, egg on*, encourage, enjoin, entreat, goad, incite, insist, persuade, plead, preach, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, spur, stimulate, call upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bind, blackmail, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, press, pressure, require, restrict, strong-arm*, urge, wrest, wring, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, concuss, dragoon*, pin down, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, sandbag, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask to do something socially |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, beg, bid, bring on, call, command, countenance, court, draw, encourage, entice, entreat, insist, inveigle, invitation, issue, lead, lure, persuade, petition, ply, pray, press, prevail on, propose, provoke, request, solicit, suggest, summon, supplicate, tempt, toll, urge, vamp, welcome, woo, appeal to, give invitation, have in, have over, include as guest, send invitation |
| Antonyms: | reject |
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, claim; argue for |
| Synonyms: | advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, hold, insist, justify, persist, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, state, stress, uphold, vindicate, fight for, plead for, stand by |
| Antonyms: | condemn, desert, discard, forget |
| Main Entry: | persist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry on, carry through |
| Synonyms: | abide, continue, endure, follow through*, follow up*, go on, grind, insist, keep up*, last, linger, obtain, persevere, prevail, pursue, recur, remain, repeat, strive, be resolute, be stubborn, go all the way, go the limit, hold on, leave no stone unturned, perdure, perseverate, see through, stick it out, stick to guns, tough it out |
| Antonyms: | cease, leave, quit, stop, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, harass |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bug*, disturb, dog*, drive crazy, drive up the wall, fret, get at*, get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get to*, harry, hassle, hector, hound, importune, insist, irk, mess with, nag, nudge, pick at, plague, provoke, remind, ride*, tantalize, tease, torment, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pressure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, urge |
| Synonyms: | come at, compel, constrain, drive, impel, insist, press, push, rush, sell, squeeze, lean on, politick, push around, twist arm, work over |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | protest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain, disapprove; argue against |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avow, blast*, buck, combat, contend, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, fight, holler, howl, insist, kick*, maintain, object, oppose, predicate, profess, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, squawk*, testify, thumbs down, avouch, back-talk, be against, be displeased by, constate, cry out, inveigh against, make a stink, put up a fight, say no, sound off, take exception |
| Antonyms: | accept, approve, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speak out/speak up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make one's position known |
| Synonyms: | assert, come out with, declare, have one's say, insist, let voice be heard, make oneself heard, make plain, say loud and clear, sound off, speak loudly, speak one's mind, stand up for |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, shut up |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause |
| Synonyms: | authorize, bid, bring about, command, decree, demand, determine, direct, effect, enjoin, exert, insist, intend, ordain, order, request, resolve, decide on |
| Main Entry: | speak up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert |
| Synonyms: | assert, declare, insist, make plain, sound off, speak loudly, speak out |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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