Definition for Resist:

• ( Chem.) A substance used to prevent a dye from colouring any but the required parts.

Synonyms for Resist:

• n.

  •
  • remain,
  • maintain,
  • hold off,
  • persist,
  • yield,
  • submit,
  • weather,
  • bother,
  • continue,
  • obtain,
  • neglect,
  • stand up to,
  • persevere,
  • abstain.
  •
  • preserve,
  • stabilize,
  • level,
  • standardize,
  • regularize.
  •
  • traverse,
  • contest.

• v.

  •chafe (verb)
  • rasp,
  • fret,
  • disturb,
  • irritate,
  • scrub,
  • rub,
  • scrape,
  • aggravate,
  • chafe,
  • grind,
  • grate,
  • wear,
  • harass,
  • abrade.
  •contend (verb)
  • brawl,
  • clash,
  • encounter,
  • wrangle,
  • stand,
  • bicker,
  • quarrel,
  • struggle,
  • vie,
  • conflict,
  • hassle,
  • wrestle,
  • antagonize,
  • contrast,
  • dispute.
  •defend (verb)
  • support,
  • uphold,
  • shelter,
  • safeguard,
  • retort,
  • guard,
  • police,
  • sustain,
  • ward,
  • protect,
  • defend,
  • barricade,
  • buffer,
  • avert,
  • counterattack,
  • cover,
  • secure,
  • screen,
  • backfire,
  • argue,
  • reply,
  • rebut,
  • answer,
  • save,
  • bar,
  • respond,
  • shield,
  • return.
  •defy (verb)
  • affront,
  • dissent,
  • countermand.
  •oppose (verb)
  • meddle,
  • intercept,
  • obstruct,
  • check,
  • inhibit,
  • repress,
  • contradict,
  • suppress,
  • interfere,
  • oppress,
  • impede,
  • disagree.
  •resist (verb)
  • snub.
  •withstand, oppose (verb)
  • bear,
  • prevent,
  • suffer,
  • stay,
  • refuse,
  • abide,
  • endure,
  • struggle against,
  • assail,
  • abstain from,
  • forbear,
  • assault,
  • keep from,
  • brook,
  • curb,
  • thwart,
  • countervail,
  • hold out against.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pertinacity,
  • unbendable,
  • adamantine,
  • intractableness,
  • submissiveness,
  • perversity,
  • tractability,
  • acquiescent,
  • Incompliance,
  • grimness,
  • tractableness,
  • hardheadedness,
  • obdurateness,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • recalcitrancy,
  • Incompliant,
  • incompliancy,
  • fight back,
  • recalcitrance,
  • uncontrollability,
  • Indocility,
  • intransigence,
  • indocile,
  • uncompliant,
  • opposer,
  • Insurgence,
  • inexorability,
  • compliancy,
  • ungovernableness,
  • Renitent,
  • doggedness,
  • unmanageability,
  • Obeisant,
  • unsusceptibility,
  • obstreperousness,
  • Pulpous,
  • pigheadedness,
  • Renitence,
  • obstinateness,
  • resistive,
  • Implacableness,
  • die-hardism,
  • contumacy,
  • uncontrollableness,
  • insurrectionist,
  • pertinaciousness,
  • insurgency,
  • biddable,
  • Oppositionist,
  • renege.
  •
  • contumacious,
  • adversary,
  • untowardness,
  • flout,
  • antagonist,
  • intractable,
  • insurgent,
  • go against,
  • intractability,
  • insurrectionary,
  • wildness,
  • obstinate,
  • tractable,
  • beard,
  • mutineer,
  • amenable,
  • disobedience,
  • acclimatize,
  • stubbornness,
  • mulish,
  • obstreperous,
  • pulpy,
  • incompressible,
  • unrelenting,
  • uprising,
  • squashy,
  • mushy,
  • Pappy,
  • inexorable,
  • transgress,
  • hardheaded,
  • Implacability,
  • intransigent,
  • stubborn,
  • buck,
  • disobedient,
  • stiff-necked,
  • unruly,
  • immune,
  • pigheaded,
  • obstinacy,
  • dutiful,
  • tenacious,
  • adamant.
  •
  • opponent,
  • docile,
  • defiance,
  • obdurate,
  • unbending,
  • passive,
  • remorseless,
  • buckle,
  • deferential,
  • immunity,
  • give,
  • yielding,
  • insusceptible,
  • acclimate.
  •
  • rigid,
  • iron,
  • disorderly,
  • rebellion,
  • ungovernable,
  • willful,
  • fractious,
  • opposition.
  •
  • hard,
  • revolution,
  • resistance.
  •
  • collapse.
  •
  • wild,
  • proof.
  •
  • soft.
  •
  • tackle.
  •
  • fall.
  •
  • break.
  •counteract
  • countercheck.
  •defend
  • hold at bay,
  • beat off.
  •disagree
  • demur.
  •disobey
  • rise in arms,
  • go counter to.
  •fend off
  • drive back,
  • turn aside,
  • keep off.
  •oppose
  • take issue,
  • run counter to,
  • counter-attack.
  •remonstrate
  • remonstrate.
  •repulse
  • set back.

Paraphrases for Resist:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    Resisting, resists.
  • Verb, base form
    withstand.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    fights, resistance.
  • Interjection
    resistors, resistance.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    oppose, reject, refuse, defy, resistance, confront, repel, abide.
  • Verb, base form
    oppose, reject, repulse, refuse, endure, refrain, restrain, desist, resistance, obstruct, discourage, stop, confront, thwart, protest, avert, deter, repel, hinder, cope, defend, sustain, abstain, renounce, overcome, curb, impede, stem, contradict, strength, struggle, tolerate, refute, counterbalance, frustrate, respond, handle, repudiate, suppress.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    counteract, survive, prevent.

Antonyms for Resist:

• v.

  • stative
    lend oneself.
  • withstand, oppose
    advance, give up, go along, discontinue, assist, reject, comply, cease, agree, surrender, allow, accept, stop, ok, go, help, quit, abandon, desert, permit, conform, encourage, indulge, leave, give in, refuse, aid.
  • Other antonyms:
    bow, stoop, knuckle under.

Homophones for Resist:

• recast, rust, regicide, rasta, rough out, rare-roasted, rested, ricotta, richweed, reseed, rosette, rossetti, resect, rose-cheeked, russet, rogue state, rusted, rajidae, rackety, restate, regatta, recite, ragweed, racist, reset, rigged, requite, raised, recto, rigid, razed, rush out, reject, rosita, racquet, recede, rushed, requested, Rasht, rigout, ragged, reseat, rectitude, rachet, rusty, rau-sed, request, rouged, rickety, rockweed, right away, rheostat, rock-steady, ragout, roasted, rosy-cheeked, ricochet, resid, recessed, reshoot, recode, rag day, rigidity, reseda, rhizoid, rough cut, right-eyed, racket, rest, react, rushdie, roughcast, requiescat, roughshod, roget, requisite, rye ergot, resuscitate, reside, residue, res gestae, rescued, rosidae, rest day, Rico Act, rough-cut, rugged, roast, rejected, rosewood, Resht, reach out, restitute, roseate, rocket, risotto, rig out, resuscitated, right, roost, roquette.

Hypernym for Resist:

• v.

  • stative
    beggar.

Hyponym for Resist:

• v.

  • stative
    escape, elude.