insist

insist is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
2. intransitive verb. To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
3. verb. assert to be true

   "The letter asserts a free society"

   Synonyms: assert

4. verb. beg persistently and urgently

   "I importune you to help them"

   Synonyms: importune

5. verb. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

   "I must insist!"

Synonyms

assert, importune

Common word forms

insists, insisted, insister, insisting

Words from these letters

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