What is another word for resistant?
Synonyms for resistant
rɪˈzɪs təntre·sis·tant
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Princeton's WordNet
immune, resistantadjective
relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
Synonyms:
immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistiveAntonyms:
absorbent, intolerable, compliant, absorptive, unendurable, unbearable, susceptible, pervioustolerant, 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, repellentAntonyms:
pervious, susceptible, intolerable, compliant, absorbent, unendurable, absorptive, unbearableresistantadjective
impervious to being affected
"resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"
Synonyms:
immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistiveAntonyms:
intolerable, unendurable, absorptive, pervious, compliant, susceptible, unbearable, absorbentinsubordinate, resistant, resistiveadjective
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
Synonyms:
immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistiveAntonyms:
absorbent, susceptible, intolerable, unendurable, compliant, pervious, unbearable, absorptiverepellent, 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, insubordinateAntonyms:
intolerable, pervious, absorptive, susceptible, unendurable, compliant, unbearable, absorbent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "resistant":
resilient, resistance, refractory, hard-wearing, drug-resistant, hardy, sturdy, resistive, rugged, resisters, tolerant, reluctant, durable, strength
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1139 | kind | |
#2814 | strength | |
#3516 | broad | |
#3656 | resistance | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#5709 | resistant | |
#7066 | immune | |
#7635 | durable | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9718 | foul | |
#10393 | hardy | |
#12142 | rugged | |
#14720 | reluctant | |
#14954 | sturdy | |
#16820 | tolerant | |
#21931 | disgusting | |
#24283 | resilient | |
#27763 | refractory | |
#28746 | repellent | |
#38284 | resistive | |
#56411 | distasteful | |
#58305 | revolting | |
#62396 | repellant | |
#65966 | loathsome | |
#77749 | yucky | |
#80214 | repelling | |
#83921 | skanky | |
#95574 | resisters | |
#179637 | insubordinate |
How to use resistant in a sentence?
These viruses are already on their way to becoming more resistant to the immune system and to vaccines.
We started distributing the high-yielding drought-resistant Mercedes variety to help farmers get production fast within 18 months.
The potential of these new drugs means that I am seeing people with extensively drug-resistant TB walk out of the hospital who otherwise would be dead, it's frustrating that after half a century, we finally have new TB medicines that can save the lives of the sickest patients, but we can't offer this hope to all people who could immediately benefit.
This type of work really matters, corals selected for restoration might, for example, be more resistant to warmer ocean temperatures and bleaching, exhibit skeletal properties that are able to withstand more intense wave energy, or traits that might make them more resistant to disease or other environmental stressors.
When it comes to light chemical elements( such as carbon and oxygen), these are heavily altered but for heavier elements such as strontium no alteration was observed, on the contrary, thanks to the high temperatures reached, the structure of the bone is modified and making the bone resistant to post-mortem exchanges with burial soil.
Translations for resistant
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- مقاومةArabic
- resistentCatalan, Valencian
- odolnýCzech
- resistenteDanish
- beständigGerman
- ανθεκτικόςGreek
- resistenteSpanish
- مقاومPersian
- kestäväFinnish
- résistantFrench
- प्रतिरोधीHindi
- ellenállóHungarian
- TahanIndonesian
- 耐性のあるJapanese
- 저항하는Korean
- adversusLatin
- resistantDutch
- motstandsdyktigNorwegian
- oporny, odpornyPolish
- resistentePortuguese
- rezistentă, rezistentRomanian
- резистентныйRussian
- resistent, motståndskraftigSwedish
- எதிர்ப்புTamil
- నిరోధకTelugu
- СтійкийUkrainian
- مزاحمUrdu
- Kháng cựVietnamese
- קעגנשטעליקYiddish
- 耐Chinese
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