Antonyms for resistant
rɪˈzɪs təntre·sis·tant

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1. immune, resistantadjective

   relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

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

   Synonyms:
   immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistive

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"

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

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

3. resistantadjective

   impervious to being affected

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

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

   Synonyms:
   immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistive

4. insubordinate, resistant, resistiveadjective

   disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

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

   Synonyms:
   immune, tolerant, repellent, insubordinate, resistive

5. repellent, resistantadjective

   incapable of absorbing or mixing with

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

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

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

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1. resistantadjective

   Synonyms:
   resisting, opposing, renitent

How to use resistant in a sentence?

1. Maryann McLaughlin:

   It causes what we call insulin resistance, that your body becomes resistant to the function of your insulin, and if you lose that weight around the pancreas, the actual insulin-producing cells can work more efficiently. And sugar can then be better controlled.

2. Michael Phillips:

   We’re seeing more and more cases that are multi-drug-resistant, which means it requires a second or a third line therapy to treat, we have to think globally about this one: helping to prevent cases overseas and working on new drug development can only help keep us safe domestically.

3. Jerome Gabard:

   This will probably be a last-resort treatment, after three or four lines of antibiotics have been tried, it will be for fighting multi-drug resistant strains that are not cured by antibiotics.

4. The CDC:

   Infections caused by this particular drug-resistant Pseudomonas are rare in the United States and difficult to treat.

5. Matthew Golden:

   My concern about this microorganism is that as it becomes ever more resistant, it will become ever more prevalent.

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