Synonym: endure, persist, prevail, run. Similar words: diehard, be hard up, hard, do more harm than good, shard, hardy, hardly, hardware. Meaning: v. continue to exist die-hard. adj. tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated.
(31) Of course, there is a tradition of Brit bad guys in blockbusters ranging from Anthony Hopkins's psychopathic killer in Silence Of The Lambs to Alan Rickman's terrorist in Die Hard.
(32) But ignorance and misinformation about the health hazards of beryllium die hard.
More similar words: diehard, be hard up, hard, do more harm than good, shard, hardy, hardly, hardware, hard hat, orchard, hardcore, pilchard, hard money, hardline, hardness, hardship, hardwood, hard copy, hard core, hard time, hard disk, blowhard, hardly any, foolhardy, hardiness, hard times, hardliner, hard-nosed, hardihood, hard and fast.