persistent

Adjective
  1. Never-ceasing (synset 300595708)
    "the relentless beat of the drums"
    similar to: continual - recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
    same as: relentless, unrelenting
  2. Continually recurring to the mind (synset 301044226)
    "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"
    similar to: unforgettable - impossible to forget
    same as: haunting
  3. Retained;
    Not shed (synset 301762851)
    "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    same as: lasting
  4. Stubbornly unyielding (synset 302335561)
    "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"; "men tenacious of opinion"
    similar to: obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
    same as: dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

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