resistant
English Thesaurus
1. incapable of absorbing or mixing with (adj.all)
2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority (adj.all)
| similar | : | defiant, noncompliant, |
| definition | : | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force (adj.all) |
3. impervious to being affected (adj.all)
| similar | : | imperviable, impervious, |
| definition | : | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected (adj.all) |
4. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) (adj.all)
5. able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress (adj.all)
| similar | : | tolerable, |
| definition | : | capable of being borne or endured (adj.all) |
6. incapable of absorbing or mixing with (adj.all)
| derivation | : | fend, resist, stand, |
| definition | : | withstand the force of something (verb.competition) |
7. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority (adj.all)
| derivation | : | resistance, |
| definition | : | group action in opposition to those in power (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dissent, protest, resist, |
| definition | : | express opposition through action or words (verb.social) |
8. impervious to being affected (adj.all)
| derivation | : | resistance, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness (noun.attribute) |
9. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | resistance, |
| definition | : | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | immunity, resistance, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | refuse, reject, resist, |
| definition | : | resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ (verb.stative) |
10. incapable of absorbing or mixing with (adj.all)
| derivation | : | fend, resist, stand, |
| definition | : | withstand the force of something (verb.competition) |
11. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority (adj.all)
| derivation | : | resistance, |
| definition | : | group action in opposition to those in power (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dissent, protest, resist, |
| definition | : | express opposition through action or words (verb.social) |
12. impervious to being affected (adj.all)
| derivation | : | resistance, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness (noun.attribute) |
13. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) (adj.all)
| derivation | : | resistance, |
| definition | : | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | immunity, resistance, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | refuse, reject, resist, |
| definition | : | resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ (verb.stative) |
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