English Synonym Finder

insist

Definitions

To demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal.

To persist in asserting or maintaining that something is true or the case.

Examples

She will insist on paying for dinner even though I offered to cover it.

The teacher had to insist that the students remain quiet during the exam.

Synonyms

demand maintain assert persist urge require press

Antonyms

concede yield waver relent abandon surrender capitulate