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insistent
Overview of adj insistent
The adj insistent has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) insistent, repetitive -- (persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry")
2. (1) clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant -- (demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need")
Antonyms of adj insistent
2 senses of insistent
Sense 1
insistent, repetitive
INDIRECT (VIA continual) -> sporadic
Sense 2
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant
INDIRECT (VIA imperative) -> beseeching
Similarity of adj insistent
2 senses of insistent
Sense 1
insistent, repetitive
=> continual (vs. sporadic)
Sense 2
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant
=> imperative (vs. beseeching)
Pertainyms of adj insistent
Attributes of adj insistent
Domain of adj insistent
Domain Terms of adj insistent
Familiarity of adj insistent
insistent used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj insistent
insistent
Grep of adv insistent
insistently
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