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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective resistant has 5 senses

• resistant(s = adj.all) immune - relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection); Array
Derived forms verb resist₅, noun resistance₈, noun resistance₅

• resistant(s = adj.all) tolerant - able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"
• resistant(s = adj.all) Array - impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"
Derived form noun resistance₉

• resistant(s = adj.all) insubordinate, resistive - disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority; Array
Derived forms verb resist₂, verb resist₃, verb resist₆, noun resistance₁₁

• resistant(s = adj.all) repellent - incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
Derived form verb resist₄

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THESAURUS

resistant

against, airtight, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, averse, ballproof, beyond control, bombproof, bony, breachy, breakaway, bulletproof, burglarproof, cartilaginous, cement, cemental, chewy, clashing, cohesive, complaining, concrete, conflicting, contradicting, contradictory, contumacious, coriaceous, corneous, corrosionproof, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, crotchety, cursory, dampproof, defiant, dense, diamondlike, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, durable, dure, fibrous, fire-resisting, fireproof, flameproof, flintlike, flinty, foolproof, forced, fractious, granitelike, granitic, gristly, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted, hardy, hermetic, holeproof, horny, hostile, immovable, immune, impervious, impervious to, incorrigible, indisposed, indocile, indomitable, inimical, insuppressible, intractable, intransigent, involuntary, iron-hard, ironlike, irrepressible, lapideous, lasting, leakproof, leatherlike, leathery, lithoid, lithoidal, marble, marblelike, mutinous, noiseproof, nonconformist, noncooperative, nonsusceptible to disease, obdurate, objecting, obstinate, obstreperous, obstructive, on the barricades, opposed, opposing, oppositional, oppugnant, osseous, out of hand, perfunctory, perverse, proof, proof against, protesting, punctureproof, reactionary, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, repugnant, resisting, resistive, restive, retardant, retardative, revolutionary, rocklike, rocky, ropy, rustproof, shatterproof, shedding, shellproof, shrewish, sinewy, solid, soundproof, steellike, steely, stiff, stonelike, stony, stringy, strong, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, tight, tough, tough as leather, unaffected, unbiddable, uncompliant, unconsenting, uncontrollable, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, untiring, unwilling, unyielding, up in arms, vigorous, viscid, watertight, weatherproof, wild, wiry, withstanding

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resistant

Opposition

N opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.

Resistance

N resistance, stand, front, oppugnation, oppugnancy, opposition, renitence, renitency, reluctation, recalcitration, kicking, repulse, rebuff, insurrection, strike, turn out, lock out, barring out, levee en masse, Jacquerie, riot, resisting, resistive, resistant, refractory, recalcitrant, renitent, up in arms, repulsive, repellant, proof against, unconquerable, stubborn, unconquered, indomitable, unyielding, Int, hands off!, keep off!.

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