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resister
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun resister has 2 senses
- resister(n = noun.person) obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, thwarter - someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take; Array is a kind of controversialist, disputant, eristic
- resister(n = noun.person) adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer - someone who offers opposition; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: naysayer, stonewaller
Derived form verb resist6
has particulars: dueler, duelist, dueller, duellist, enemy, foe, foeman, opposition, luddite, withstander, antichrist
Derived form verb resist6
THESAURUS
resister
bitter-ender, brawler, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigant, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, plaintiff, protester, quarreler, scrapper, wrangler
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