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Antonyms for resistance
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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. resistance

    The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.

    Antonyms:
    abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

    Synonyms:
    apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

    Preposition:
    Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 2 votes

  1. resistance

    Synonyms:
    opposition, hindrance

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. resistance, oppositionnoun

    the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

    "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"

    Synonyms:
    underground, foe, resistivity, opposite, confrontation, immunity, enemy, ohmic resistance, foeman, electrical resistance, opponent, impedance, electric resistance, opposition, resistor, oppositeness

  2. resistancenoun

    any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

  3. electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistancenoun

    a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

  4. resistancenoun

    the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

    "the enemy offered little resistance"

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

  5. immunity, resistancenoun

    (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, exemption, resistor, unsusceptibility, granting immunity, opposition, electric resistance

  6. resistancenoun

    the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

    "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

  7. underground, resistancenoun

    a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

    Synonyms:
    resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, subway, impedance, resistor, electrical resistance, metro, opposition, subway system, electric resistance, tube

  8. resistancenoun

    the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

  9. resistancenoun

    (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

  10. resistor, resistancenoun

    an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

  11. resistancenoun

    group action in opposition to those in power

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. resistancenoun

    Synonyms:
    opposition, renitence, recalcitration, oppugnation, antagonism, rebuff

How to use resistance in a sentence?

  1. Andreas Eigenbauer:

    But in this area as well, resistance is mounting.

  2. Alexandria Ayala:

    Debra Robinson and Erica Whitfield ca n’t back up when Debra Robinson and Erica Whitfield have some little resistance right out of the gate, debra Robinson and Erica Whitfield have to do the hard work now of committing to what Debra Robinson and Erica Whitfield said, to what Debra Robinson and Erica Whitfield all agreed to.

  3. Sara Cromer:

    It's also possible that there's the acute inflammation of getting Covid which may be present in low levels, even in asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases, that can lead to a short-term insulin resistance, which can maybe snowball or set off a chain of events that leads to more longer-term insulin resistance.

  4. Erik Gordon:

    The Perrigo acquisition makes sense for Mylan. The Perrigo resistance is the hard part. The benefits to its stockholders are less obvious.

  5. Pedro Aihara:

    We have a rock formation that is basically composed of sedimentary rocks, so these are rocks that naturally have a much lower resistance to the action of winds, water, and the natural elements that act on the region.

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#3656resistance
#11564surrender
#22574abandonment
#23708betrayal
#66580desertion
#80167capitulation

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