resistant

re·sis·tance  (r-zstns)

n.

1. The act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist.

2. A force that tends to oppose or retard motion.

3. often Resistance An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation.

4. Psychology A process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.

5. Biology

a. The capacity of an organism to defend itself against a disease.

b. The capacity of an organism or a tissue to withstand the effects of a harmful environmental agent.

6. Electricity The opposition of a body or substance to current passing through it, resulting in a change of electrical energy into heat or another form of energy.

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re·sistant adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	resistant - relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) immune insusceptible, unsusceptible - not susceptible to
	2.	resistant - 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" tolerant tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
	3.	resistant - impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion" imperviable, impervious - not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"
	4.	resistant - disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority insubordinate, resistive defiant, noncompliant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
	5.	resistant - incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" repellent nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive - not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)

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resistant

adjective 1. opposed, hostile, dissident, unwilling, defiant, intractable, combative, recalcitrant, antagonistic, intransigent

adjective 2. impervious, hard, strong, tough, unaffected, unyielding, insusceptible

Translations

resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt] adj resistant (to) → resistente (a)

resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt] adj resistant (to) → résistant(e) (à)

resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt] resist adj resistant (to) (to change etc) → widerstandsfähig (gegenüber);

(to antibiotics etc) → resistent (gegen)

resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt] adj resistant (to) → resistente (a)