Synonyms for resistant
rɪˈzɪs təntre·sis·tant

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1. immune, resistantadjective

   relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

   Synonyms:
   immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistive

   Antonyms:
   absorbent, intolerable, compliant, absorptive, unendurable, unbearable, susceptible, pervious

2. tolerant, resistantadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   resistive, large-minded, immune, insubordinate, broad, kind, patient of, liberal, tolerant, repellent

   Antonyms:
   pervious, susceptible, intolerable, compliant, absorbent, unendurable, absorptive, unbearable

3. resistantadjective

   impervious to being affected

   "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"

   Synonyms:
   immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistive

   Antonyms:
   intolerable, unendurable, absorptive, pervious, compliant, susceptible, unbearable, absorbent

4. insubordinate, resistant, resistiveadjective

   disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

   Synonyms:
   immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistive

   Antonyms:
   absorbent, susceptible, intolerable, unendurable, compliant, pervious, unbearable, absorptive

5. repellent, resistantadjective

   incapable of absorbing or mixing with

   "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

   Synonyms:
   wicked, loathly, rebarbative, repelling, disgusting, loathsome, repellent, immune, resistive, revolting, distasteful, disgustful, tolerant, foul, yucky, skanky, repellant, insubordinate

   Antonyms:
   intolerable, pervious, absorptive, susceptible, unendurable, compliant, unbearable, absorbent

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1. resistantadjective

   Synonyms:
   resisting, opposing, renitent

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1. List of paraphrases for "resistant":

   resilient, resistance, refractory, hard-wearing, drug-resistant, hardy, sturdy, resistive, rugged, resisters, tolerant, reluctant, durable, strength

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1. Elissa Wall:

   I was now the property of my cousin. And no matter how resistant I was to him, his job was to get me into submission as quickly as possible… Then the sexual abuse came later as he started to force himself on me and force that my role as a wife was to be at his beck and call and to have his children. And when I became resistant to that, then the physical abuse started to take over. And I think the frustration of my cousin, his frustration of being judged for not being a good man because his wife wasn’t submissive and she wasn’t good — that all compounded the problem. i felt like something was going terribly wrong.

2. Leena Menghaney:

   Despite increased investment in prevention and treatment of drug resistant TB over the last decade, local authorities, the National TB Programme and policymakers in India are not directing sufficient attention to infection control.

3. New York:

   That is why a lot of communities of color get resistant to certain environmentalist movements because they come with the colonial lens on them.

4. Nicole Hazen:

   As resistant as we’ve been to sort of talk about it, we felt like we needed to at some point, we felt like this was an appropriate time to talk about it and then hopefully we’ll go back to our private approach to figuring out the best way to help Nicole.

5. Joshua Schiffman:

   When we put on our clinician's hat... do we look for drugs that are affecting the same pathways ? evolution has been at work evolving cancer-resistant organisms for... millions of years.