insistent

Questions about insistent

What does insistent mean?

insistent means "repetitive and persistent". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insistent?

insistent has 3 syllables: in-sis-tent. The stress falls on "sis". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsɪstənt/.

What is another word for insistent?

Close synonyms include repetitive, clamant, crying, exigent, instant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is insistent a common word?

insistent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with insistent?

5 words rhyme with insistent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.