[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

insistent \insist"ent\, a. l. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of
   insistere.
   1913 webster
   1. standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
      --sir h. wotton.
      1913 webster

   2. insisting; persistent; persevering.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. see incumbent.
      1913 webster
see also:
incumbent 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

insistent
     adj 1: persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry" syn:
            repetitive
     2: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
        "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
        h.l.mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" syn: clamant,
         crying, exigent, instant
see also:
repetitive clamant crying exigent instant 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

110 moby thesaurus words for "insistent":
   acute, assertive, assiduous, burning, cajoling, clamant, clamorous,
   coaxing, compelling, constant, continuing, critical, crucial,
   crying, demanding, determined, diligent, dire, dogged, draining,
   dunning, emphatic, enduring, exacting, exigent, exorbitant,
   extortionate, faithful, firm, forceful, grasping, high-pressure,
   high-priority, immutable, imperative, imperious, importunate,
   inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious, inexorable,
   instant, invincible, lasting, loud, loyal, nagging, never-tiring,
   obstinate, obtrusive, patient, patient as job, permanent,
   perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious,
   pestering, pivotal, plaguing, plodding, plugging, preoccupied,
   pressing, rapt, relentless, resolute, resounding, sedulous,
   single-minded, sleepless, slogging, stable, steadfast, steady,
   stubborn, taxing, teasing, tenacious, tireless, unabating,
   uncompromising, unconquerable, undaunted, undiscouraged,
   undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching,
   unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting,
   unremitting, unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unwavering,
   unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, urgent,
   utterly attentive, weariless, wheedling

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