persevere

Other forms of persevere

past tense

persevered·

present participle

persevering·

third person

perseveres·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about persevere

What does persevere mean?

persevere means "be persistent, refuse to stop".

How many syllables are in persevere?

persevere has 3 syllables: per-se-vere. The stress falls on "vere". In IPA it is /pɚsəˈvɪɹ/.

What is another word for persevere?

Close synonyms include persist, hang in, hang on, hold on. 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 persevere a common word?

persevere is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 persevere?

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