| Main Entry: | persist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry on, carry through |
Synonyms: |
abide, be resolute, be stubborn, continue, endure, follow through, follow up*, go all the way, go on, go the limit, grind, hold on, insist, keep up, last, leave no stone unturned, linger, obtain, perdure, perseverate, persevere, prevail, pursue, recur, remain, repeat, see through, stick it out, stick to guns, strive, tough it out |
Antonyms: |
cease, give up, leave, quit, stop |
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remain or continue in a state |
Synonyms: |
continue, endure, keep on, last, persevere, persist, remain, survive |
Antonyms: |
leave, quit, refuse, stop |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
Antonyms: |
abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
Synonyms: |
abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue activity |
Synonyms: |
achieve, endure, hang on, keep going, last, maintain, perpetuate, persevere, persist, proceed |
Antonyms: |
discontinue, stop |
| Main Entry: | come through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | survive bad situation |
Synonyms: |
endure, live through, persist, pull through, ride, ride out, survive, weather storm, withstand |
Antonyms: |
fail |
| Main Entry: | drag on/drag out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend time of action |
Synonyms: |
continue, draw out, endure, extend, go on slowly, keep going, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch out |
Antonyms: |
complete |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
Synonyms: |
abide, be, be left, be long lived, be timeless, bide, carry on, carry through, cling, exist, go on, hang on, have no end, hold, hold on, hold out, keep on, last, linger, live, live on, never say die, outlast, outlive, perdure, persist, prevail, remain, ride out, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick to, superannuate, survive, sustain, wear, wear on, wear well |
Antonyms: |
discontinue |
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose action, belief |
Synonyms: |
argue, bicker, buck*, buckle down, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, engage in, exert oneself, fall out, force, further, hammer away, hassle, lay into, light into, maintain, make a stand against, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, push forward, put up an argument, repel, resist, row, spare no effort, squabble, stand up to, strive, struggle, support, take on, take pains, tangle with, toil on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, believe, support, uphold |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, function |
Synonyms: |
act, carry on, click*, continue, flourish, maintain, make out, move, pan out, perform, persist, prosper, run, score, succeed, thrive, work |
Antonyms: |
break |