Grade 8
(in-sist-ent) 3 syllables

Definition

adjective. 1 firm in requesting or demanding or asserting; unyielding; 2 incessant; persistent; 3 emphatically demanding or commanding attention

Example Sentence

She was insistent that she saw the lost dog.

Synonyms

aggressive; emphatic; urgent

Antonyms

disinterested; indifferent; lenient; tolerant

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

insistent
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • distant

  • assistant
  • consistent
  • existent
  • insistent
  • persistent
  • resistant

  • inconsistent
  • nonexistent
  • self-consistent