Synonyms for Resist:

• n.

  •
  • bother,
  • persist,
  • can't bring yourself to do something,
  • submit,
  • omit to do something,
  • yield,
  • stand by,
  • persevere,
  • sit by,
  • stand up to,
  • weather,
  • let nature take its course,
  • make no move,
  • obtain,
  • abstain,
  • hold off,
  • neglect,
  • continue,
  • remain,
  • maintain.
  •
  • have/have got against,
  • tear up.
  •
  • regularize,
  • standardize,
  • stabilize,
  • preserve,
  • jog along,
  • level.
  •
  • traverse,
  • contest.
  •baulk (noun)
  • baulk.
  •hold out (noun)
  • hold out.
  •jib (noun)
  • jib.
  •refuse (noun)
  • refuse.

• v.

  •balk (verb)
  • re coils,
  • re-coil,
  • re-fuses,
  • shrank from,
  • re fused,
  • re-coils,
  • re-fuse,
  • re fuse,
  • shrunk from,
  • re fuses,
  • re-fused,
  • re-coiling,
  • re coil,
  • re coiling,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • re coiled,
  • re-coiled,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • shrinking from,
  • re fusing,
  • shrinks from,
  • re-fusing.
  •chafe (verb)
  • rasp,
  • fret,
  • disturb,
  • irritate,
  • scrub,
  • rub,
  • scrape,
  • aggravate,
  • chafe,
  • grind,
  • grate,
  • wear,
  • harass,
  • abrade.
  •combat (verb)
  • didst battle with,
  • putting a fight,
  • putting up a fight,
  • puts up a fight,
  • doth battle with,
  • goes against,
  • shoots it out,
  • dost battle with,
  • did battle with,
  • doeth battle with,
  • put fight,
  • puts fight,
  • crosses swords with,
  • shooting it out,
  • duelled,
  • crossing swords with,
  • going against,
  • going up against,
  • does battle with,
  • putting fight,
  • doest battle with,
  • shot it out,
  • putting up fight,
  • puts up fight,
  • crossed swords with,
  • doing battle with,
  • shoots out,
  • went against,
  • put a fight,
  • went up against,
  • goes up against,
  • puts a fight.
  •confront (verb)
  • coming against,
  • meeting eyeball to eyeball,
  • came against,
  • goes one-on-one,
  • comes against,
  • facing with,
  • face to,
  • faces with,
  • call one bluff,
  • faced to,
  • faces up to,
  • made my day,
  • makes my day,
  • call ones bluff,
  • coming up against,
  • comes up against,
  • came up against,
  • standing up to,
  • making my day,
  • facing down,
  • meets eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • meet eyeball to eyeball,
  • meeting eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • faced with,
  • goes one on one,
  • faced down,
  • went one-on-one,
  • faces down,
  • call bluff,
  • stands to,
  • facing up to,
  • faces to,
  • met eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • stands up to,
  • met eyeball to eyeball,
  • going one on one,
  • facing to,
  • stood to,
  • going one-on-one,
  • meets eyeball to eyeball,
  • went one on one.
  •contend (verb)
  • brawl,
  • clash,
  • encounter,
  • wrangle,
  • stand,
  • bicker,
  • quarrel,
  • struggle,
  • vie,
  • conflict,
  • hassle,
  • wrestle,
  • antagonize,
  • contrast,
  • dispute.
  •contravene (verb)
  • dis affirms,
  • over-stepped,
  • over-steps,
  • in fringes,
  • inter fere,
  • inter-posed,
  • in-fringe,
  • inter posed,
  • inter feres,
  • over stepped,
  • dis affirm,
  • inter posing,
  • conflicting with,
  • inter pose,
  • conflicts with,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • inter-posing,
  • inter-pose,
  • in-fringes,
  • in-fracted,
  • dis-affirms,
  • over stepping,
  • in fracted,
  • inter-feres,
  • infracts,
  • dis affirmed,
  • dis-affirming,
  • in-fringed,
  • over-stepping,
  • dis affirming,
  • in-fringing,
  • conflicted with,
  • in fringe,
  • dis-affirm,
  • inter-fere,
  • in fringing,
  • in fringed,
  • over steps.
  •counter (verb)
  • counterworked,
  • counter work,
  • dis appointed,
  • counterworks,
  • fly face of,
  • hast bone to pick,
  • flies in the face of,
  • dis appoint,
  • having bone pick,
  • re turns,
  • backtalked,
  • counter-works,
  • counter working,
  • flew the face of,
  • dis-appoints,
  • has bone to pick,
  • flying face of,
  • hadst bone to pick,
  • dis appoints,
  • flying the face of,
  • counter-working,
  • haddest bone to pick,
  • flew in the face of,
  • flew face of,
  • Counter-work,
  • counter-worked,
  • hath bone to pick,
  • flying in face of,
  • dis appointing,
  • re turning,
  • flies face of,
  • backtalking,
  • hitting back,
  • had bone pick,
  • hits back,
  • re turn,
  • re-turns,
  • re-turned,
  • flies in face of,
  • flies the face of,
  • have bone pick,
  • haddest bone pick,
  • re-turning,
  • thumbsed down,
  • flew in face of,
  • dis-appoint,
  • counter worked,
  • has bone pick,
  • having bone to pick,
  • playing off,
  • hast bone pick,
  • counter works,
  • flying in the face of,
  • thumbsing down,
  • thumbses down,
  • dis-appointing,
  • hath bone pick,
  • Re-turn,
  • dis-appointed,
  • plays off,
  • hadst bone pick,
  • fly the face of,
  • had bone to pick.
  •counteract (verb)
  • pre-venting,
  • counter balance,
  • counter-checking,
  • counter-balanced,
  • counter acted,
  • re-dresses,
  • de-feat,
  • in validated,
  • counter balanced,
  • in-validate,
  • pre vents,
  • counter-check,
  • counter checked,
  • pre venting,
  • re dress,
  • counter-vail,
  • counter-balancing,
  • de-feats,
  • Counterchecked,
  • re-dress,
  • counter-acts,
  • canceling out,
  • in validates,
  • counter-vails,
  • counter acts,
  • counter-checks,
  • pre-vents,
  • re dressing,
  • counter vail,
  • in-validates,
  • counter-vailing,
  • in validate,
  • counter-act,
  • pre-vent,
  • pre vent,
  • counter-vailed,
  • counter acting,
  • counter-checked,
  • counter vailed,
  • counter-acted,
  • in validating,
  • counter check,
  • re-dressed,
  • re dresses,
  • counter checking,
  • counter balancing,
  • counter vails,
  • counter-acting,
  • pre-vented,
  • counter vailing,
  • counter balances,
  • cancels out,
  • de feats,
  • de feat,
  • counter checks,
  • in-validated,
  • re dressed,
  • in-validating,
  • re-dressing,
  • counter act.
  •cross (verb)
  • takes wind out sails,
  • snafuing,
  • knocks props out,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • knocked props out,
  • knocking props out,
  • stab the back,
  • stab back,
  • took wind out sails,
  • take wind out sails,
  • bollixes.
  •dare (verb)
  • dis-regards,
  • dis regarding,
  • took one on,
  • knock chip shoulder,
  • dis-regard,
  • musters courage,
  • knocks chip shoulder,
  • knocked chip off shoulder,
  • mustering courage,
  • mustered courage,
  • steps over the line,
  • out-dared,
  • stepped over line,
  • dis-regarded,
  • out daring,
  • dis regards,
  • faced off,
  • dis regard,
  • squares off,
  • out dared,
  • out-dares,
  • outdared,
  • knocking chip shoulder,
  • stepping over line,
  • steps over line,
  • outdares,
  • out dares,
  • taking one on,
  • knocks chip off shoulder,
  • stepped over the line,
  • knocked chip shoulder,
  • takes one on,
  • out dare,
  • run gauntlet,
  • dis-regarding,
  • faces off,
  • outdaring,
  • stepping over the line,
  • knocking chip off shoulder,
  • out-daring,
  • out-dare,
  • facing off,
  • step over line,
  • dis regarded.
  •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.
  •demur (verb)
  • dis-approving,
  • dis-approved,
  • hem haw,
  • dis approve,
  • dis-approve,
  • took exception,
  • dis approved,
  • wait see,
  • dis-approves,
  • takes exception,
  • dis approving,
  • dis approves.
  •discountenance (verb)
  • objects to,
  • counts me out,
  • dis-commends,
  • dis favoring,
  • dis-countenances,
  • taking a dim view of,
  • frowns on,
  • dis esteems,
  • counted me out,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • dis favors,
  • dis esteeming,
  • dis-esteeming,
  • dis esteemed,
  • dis-commended,
  • objected to,
  • dis commend,
  • dis favored,
  • took a dim view of,
  • discommended,
  • dis-courages,
  • dis commended,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis countenancing,
  • dis courages,
  • takes dim view of,
  • dis-favor,
  • taking dim view of,
  • dis commending,
  • dis-esteemed,
  • dis-courage,
  • discommends,
  • dis favor,
  • dis-commend,
  • holding no brief for,
  • dis-esteems,
  • dis countenance,
  • took dim view of,
  • taking exception to,
  • dis-favoring,
  • dis countenanced,
  • objecting to,
  • takes a dim view of,
  • dis commends,
  • counting me out,
  • held no brief for,
  • dis-commending,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis courage,
  • took exception to,
  • takes exception to,
  • frowning on,
  • holds no brief for,
  • discommending,
  • dis-esteem,
  • dis-favored,
  • dis esteem,
  • dis countenances.
  •disobey (verb)
  • dis agreed,
  • revolutioning,
  • revolutioned,
  • rising in arms,
  • recalcitrates,
  • took law in to own hands,
  • not listened,
  • mis-behaves,
  • mis behave,
  • de-clines,
  • insurrected,
  • wast remiss,
  • recalcitrating,
  • dis agrees,
  • insurrecting,
  • rises arms,
  • takes law into own hands,
  • mis-behaving,
  • art remiss,
  • wert remiss,
  • dis-agrees,
  • mis behaves,
  • dis obeyed,
  • re-volution,
  • recalcitrated,
  • de-sert,
  • not minding,
  • am remiss,
  • mis behaving,
  • dis-agreed,
  • goes counter to,
  • pays no attention to,
  • mis-behave,
  • took law into hands,
  • dis agree,
  • was remiss,
  • de clines,
  • de-cline,
  • takes law in to own hands,
  • brake rules,
  • are remiss,
  • rising arms,
  • took law into own hands,
  • dis obey,
  • taking law in to own hands,
  • paid no attention to,
  • not minded,
  • dis-agree,
  • de sert,
  • takes law into hands,
  • take law in to hands,
  • mis-behaved,
  • taking law into hands,
  • take law in to own hands,
  • going counter to,
  • dis agreeing,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • not heeds,
  • not minds,
  • dis-obey,
  • dis-obeys,
  • were remiss,
  • payed no attention to,
  • takes law in to hands,
  • dis obeys,
  • went counter to,
  • paying no attention to,
  • breaks rules,
  • is remiss,
  • dis obeying,
  • insurrects,
  • rose arms,
  • being remiss,
  • took law in to hands,
  • re volutions,
  • taking law into own hands,
  • not listens,
  • sets aside,
  • taking law in to hands,
  • rose in arms,
  • dis-obeying,
  • breaking rules,
  • dis-obeyed,
  • take law into hands,
  • re-volutions,
  • de cline,
  • rises in arms,
  • broke rules,
  • mis behaved,
  • rise arms.
  •face (verb)
  • ran in to,
  • taking the bull by the horns,
  • grappling with,
  • takes the bull by the horns,
  • took the bull by the horns,
  • making a stand,
  • take the bull by horns,
  • grapples with,
  • bitting bullet,
  • bitting the bullet,
  • run in to,
  • took the bull by horns,
  • takes bull by the horns,
  • bitted bullet,
  • runs in to,
  • bits bullet,
  • takes bull by horns,
  • made a stand,
  • made stand,
  • is confronted by,
  • makes stand,
  • grappled with,
  • all owing,
  • make stand,
  • making stand,
  • take bull by horns,
  • copes with,
  • taking the bull by horns,
  • wast confronted by,
  • bitted the bullet,
  • am confronted by,
  • taking bull by the horns,
  • makes a stand,
  • was confronted by,
  • all-owing,
  • running in to,
  • takes the bull by horns,
  • being confronted by,
  • wert confronted by,
  • were confronted by,
  • all-owed,
  • art confronted by,
  • all owed,
  • took bull by horns,
  • are confronted by,
  • bits the bullet,
  • taking bull by horns,
  • took bull by the horns.
  •fend off (verb)
  • keeps at arm length,
  • kept at arms length,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • kept arms length,
  • re butted,
  • keeps arms length,
  • keeps off,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • kept off,
  • kept arm length,
  • keep at distance,
  • keeps at distance,
  • keep at arm length,
  • kept a distance,
  • keeping at distance,
  • keeping distance,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • drave back,
  • keeps a distance,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • keeps distance,
  • keeping arms length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • re-butted,
  • keeping a distance,
  • fended off,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keeps arm length,
  • re butting,
  • drove back,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keep arms length,
  • turns aside,
  • re-butting,
  • drives back,
  • keep arm length,
  • keeping off,
  • kept at distance,
  • keep a distance,
  • keep at arms length,
  • kept at a distance,
  • kept distance.
  •fight (verb)
  • doth battle,
  • goes war,
  • take field,
  • takes all comers,
  • waged war,
  • toiled on,
  • goes to war,
  • doeth battle,
  • lighted into,
  • plies weapons,
  • went to war,
  • takes up gauntlet,
  • going to war,
  • rowdied,
  • taking gauntlet,
  • spared no effort,
  • taking up gauntlet,
  • brushes with,
  • rowdying,
  • takes comers,
  • making stand against,
  • taking the field,
  • lights in to,
  • carries on war,
  • toiling on,
  • plying weapons,
  • mixt it up,
  • dost battle,
  • light in to,
  • lit in to,
  • takes the field,
  • makes stand against,
  • didst battle,
  • puts up argument,
  • flared up,
  • brushed with,
  • puts up an argument,
  • hammering away,
  • exchanging blows,
  • made stand against,
  • make stand against,
  • took gauntlet,
  • flaring up,
  • carry war,
  • toils on,
  • taking comers,
  • lay in to,
  • putting up an argument,
  • taking pains,
  • taking all comers,
  • bandied with,
  • take the gauntlet,
  • exchanged blows,
  • takes field,
  • plied weapons,
  • takes up the gauntlet,
  • took up gauntlet,
  • putting an argument,
  • putting up argument,
  • lights into,
  • mixes it up,
  • taking up the gauntlet,
  • puts argument,
  • did battle,
  • took the field,
  • lit into,
  • put an argument,
  • lighting in to,
  • take gauntlet,
  • takes the gauntlet,
  • takes gauntlet,
  • lighting into,
  • took all comers,
  • wages war,
  • exerted oneself,
  • taking the gauntlet,
  • made a stand against,
  • makes a stand against,
  • take comers,
  • exchanges blows,
  • going war,
  • carrying war,
  • put argument,
  • carrying on war,
  • brushing with,
  • exerts oneself,
  • carried on war,
  • engaging in,
  • spares no effort,
  • carried war,
  • does battle,
  • doest battle,
  • took pains,
  • took comers,
  • putting argument,
  • bandying with,
  • carries war,
  • pushing forward,
  • engages in,
  • exerting oneself,
  • lighted in to,
  • mixed it up,
  • fell out,
  • takes pains,
  • mixing it up,
  • took field,
  • go war,
  • sparing no effort,
  • making a stand against,
  • went war,
  • took up the gauntlet,
  • took the gauntlet,
  • bandies with,
  • taking field,
  • puts an argument,
  • take up gauntlet.
  •fight back/fight off (verb)
  • keeps bay,
  • keep bay,
  • re plied,
  • re-plied,
  • re strain,
  • re-straining,
  • re straining,
  • re presses,
  • re pressing,
  • re-strain,
  • re-presses,
  • re-strains,
  • re strains,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-strained,
  • re plying,
  • keeping bay,
  • re-plying,
  • kept bay,
  • keeps at bay,
  • re strained,
  • re pressed,
  • keeping at bay,
  • re press.
  •forgo (verb)
  • going on wagon,
  • go the wagon,
  • go wagon,
  • sur-rendering,
  • sitting out,
  • sur rendered,
  • Re sign,
  • takes oath,
  • sur rendering,
  • took cure,
  • went wagon,
  • takes cure,
  • leaved alone,
  • took oath,
  • passes up,
  • going the wagon,
  • leaves alone,
  • goes on the wagon,
  • takes the cure,
  • swears off,
  • sits out,
  • sur-render,
  • sware off,
  • re signed,
  • took the cure,
  • leaving alone,
  • sate out,
  • re-signed,
  • taking cure,
  • goes on wagon,
  • sur-rendered,
  • sur renders,
  • went on the wagon,
  • took the oath,
  • went the wagon,
  • taking oath,
  • went on wagon,
  • go on wagon,
  • leaved out,
  • goes the wagon,
  • take cure,
  • taking the oath,
  • swore off,
  • takes the oath,
  • going on the wagon,
  • sur-renders,
  • going wagon,
  • re signs,
  • packing in,
  • re-signs,
  • passing up,
  • goes wagon,
  • re signing.
  •gainsay (verb)
  • dis claiming,
  • dis-claiming,
  • dis-claimed,
  • dis claimed,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis proving,
  • dis proved,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis-proved,
  • dis prove,
  • dis proves,
  • dis-claims,
  • dis claim,
  • dis-claim,
  • dis-proving,
  • dis claims.
  •hold (verb)
  • art in effect,
  • wert the case,
  • was the case,
  • are valid,
  • art the case,
  • wast the case,
  • was force,
  • had bearing,
  • wast in force,
  • held true,
  • having bearing,
  • being effect,
  • hast bearing,
  • art in force,
  • wert case,
  • be force,
  • art force,
  • is the case,
  • are force,
  • is in force,
  • remaining true,
  • art case,
  • be effect,
  • was effect,
  • wast case,
  • be case,
  • is effect,
  • is case,
  • holding true,
  • holding good,
  • re main,
  • was valid,
  • staid staunch,
  • staying staunch,
  • were effect,
  • being in effect,
  • hadst bearing,
  • wert in force,
  • are in force,
  • were in effect,
  • am in effect,
  • are the case,
  • holds true,
  • were in force,
  • wast in effect,
  • wast force,
  • being valid,
  • being force,
  • wert force,
  • were force,
  • am case,
  • is valid,
  • stayed staunch,
  • holds good,
  • wast effect,
  • stays staunch,
  • was in force,
  • art valid,
  • were the case,
  • am effect,
  • was case,
  • are in effect,
  • am valid,
  • held good,
  • were case,
  • are case,
  • haddest bearing,
  • am the case,
  • was in effect,
  • stands up,
  • has bearing,
  • remained true,
  • is in effect,
  • re mains,
  • being the case,
  • wast valid,
  • wert valid,
  • are effect,
  • re-main,
  • re mained,
  • wert in effect,
  • were valid,
  • re-mains,
  • wert effect,
  • remains true,
  • re maining,
  • is force,
  • hath bearing,
  • being case.
  •impugn (verb)
  • casting doubt upon,
  • thumbing nose at,
  • throws doubt on,
  • cut shreds,
  • throwing book at,
  • casting doubt up on,
  • throws the book at,
  • swiped at,
  • casts aspersions up on,
  • casts aspersions upon,
  • threw doubt on,
  • swipes at,
  • throwing the book at,
  • sticks it to,
  • casting aspersions up on,
  • stuck it to,
  • sticking to,
  • threw book at,
  • cutting shreds,
  • sticked it to,
  • zinged,
  • throwing doubt on,
  • cast doubt up on,
  • throws book at,
  • cuts to shreds,
  • call in to question,
  • pins something on,
  • casting aspersions upon,
  • sticked to,
  • cutting to shreds,
  • sticking it to,
  • thumbs nose at,
  • pinning something on,
  • swiping at,
  • casts doubt up on,
  • thumbed nose at,
  • cast aspersions up on,
  • threw the book at,
  • skins alive,
  • cuts shreds,
  • casts doubt upon,
  • pinned something on.
  •kick (verb)
  • ex postulates,
  • ex-postulating,
  • re-pine,
  • re pined,
  • re pine,
  • ex cept,
  • ex-postulated,
  • re pining,
  • ex postulate,
  • re-pining,
  • ex-postulates,
  • ex postulated,
  • re-pines,
  • ex postulating,
  • ex-postulate,
  • re-pined,
  • ex-cept,
  • re pines.
  •mutiny (verb)
  • is insubordinate,
  • refused obey,
  • rises against,
  • rose against,
  • kicking over,
  • refuses to obey,
  • refusing obey,
  • kicked over,
  • wast insubordinate,
  • kicks over,
  • refusing to obey,
  • refuses obey,
  • are insubordinate,
  • being insubordinate,
  • were insubordinate,
  • art insubordinate,
  • refused to obey,
  • wert insubordinate,
  • rose up,
  • refuse obey,
  • was insubordinate,
  • rising against.
  •oppose (verb)
  • meddle,
  • intercept,
  • obstruct,
  • check,
  • inhibit,
  • repress,
  • contradict,
  • suppress,
  • interfere,
  • oppress,
  • impede,
  • disagree.
  •parry (verb)
  • fore stalls,
  • fore stall,
  • fore-stalled,
  • fore-stall,
  • by passing,
  • fore-stalls,
  • by pass,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore stalling,
  • fore-stalling,
  • by passes,
  • by passed.
  •protest (verb)
  • makes stink,
  • am against,
  • de-clares,
  • pro-fess,
  • was displeased by,
  • sounded off,
  • pro fess,
  • constating,
  • am displeased by,
  • made a stink,
  • being against,
  • being displeased by,
  • de clares,
  • wert against,
  • pro tested,
  • saying no,
  • were displeased by,
  • wast displeased by,
  • pro testing,
  • back talked,
  • make stink,
  • sounds off,
  • de-clare,
  • makes a stink,
  • said no,
  • was against,
  • constated,
  • pro fesses,
  • wast against,
  • made stink,
  • pro-testing,
  • making stink,
  • de clare,
  • back-talks,
  • wert displeased by,
  • were against,
  • constates,
  • back talking,
  • pro-fesses,
  • is displeased by,
  • inveighed against,
  • pro-tested,
  • inveighs against,
  • inveighing against,
  • art against,
  • making a stink,
  • are against,
  • are displeased by,
  • sounding off,
  • back-talked,
  • back-talking.
  •rebel (verb)
  • over-throwing,
  • took up arms,
  • gotten out of line,
  • takes up arms,
  • up sets,
  • over turns,
  • ran amok,
  • gotten out line,
  • getting out line,
  • getting out of line,
  • over-thrown,
  • turns against,
  • runs amok,
  • gets out line,
  • over-turn,
  • gat out of line,
  • rock boat,
  • over throw,
  • over throwing,
  • making waves,
  • over turning,
  • got out of line,
  • comes out against,
  • over thrown,
  • over-throw,
  • over-turning,
  • got out line,
  • took arms,
  • up-set,
  • gets out of line,
  • dis sents,
  • taking up arms,
  • over throws,
  • up setting,
  • dis sent,
  • over-throws,
  • takes arms,
  • gat out line,
  • up-setting,
  • up-sets,
  • coming out against,
  • dis-sents,
  • came out against,
  • turned against,
  • dis-sent,
  • get out line,
  • taking arms,
  • turning against.
  •rebuff (verb)
  • put in ones place,
  • puts in one place,
  • re buffed,
  • pushes back,
  • dis allow,
  • putting in one's place,
  • put ones place,
  • puts one's place,
  • put one's place,
  • dis missing,
  • dis-allow,
  • re-buff,
  • lashes out at,
  • puts in place,
  • puts ones place,
  • putting one place,
  • putting one's place,
  • lashing out at,
  • re buffs,
  • dis-missing,
  • re proves,
  • re-buffing,
  • putting in one place,
  • re-proved,
  • dis-missed,
  • putting place,
  • puts one place,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re prove,
  • dis allows,
  • putting in place,
  • puts in one's place,
  • re-proving,
  • re-prove,
  • dis missed,
  • re buffing,
  • dis allowing,
  • lashed out at,
  • put place,
  • re-proves,
  • re-buffed,
  • puts place,
  • putting in ones place,
  • re proved,
  • dis-allows,
  • put one place,
  • putting ones place,
  • puts in ones place,
  • put in one place,
  • pushing back,
  • dis-allowed,
  • pushed back,
  • re buff,
  • dis allowed,
  • re-buffs.
  •refrain (verb)
  • art temperate,
  • taking the pledge,
  • taking pledge,
  • are temperate,
  • were temperate,
  • takes pledge,
  • not did,
  • was temperate,
  • wast temperate,
  • is temperate,
  • take pledge,
  • took pledge,
  • am temperate,
  • takes the pledge,
  • wert temperate,
  • being temperate.
  •remain (verb)
  • stay put.
  •remonstrate (verb)
  • de cried,
  • frowned upon,
  • frowning upon,
  • found fault,
  • de-cried,
  • re-criminate,
  • de-cry,
  • de-cries,
  • de cries,
  • re-criminates,
  • de crying,
  • recriminated,
  • re-criminated,
  • re-criminating,
  • frowning up on,
  • frowns up on,
  • re criminates,
  • recriminates,
  • finds fault,
  • re criminated,
  • de-crying,
  • frown up on,
  • frowns upon,
  • re criminate,
  • frowned up on,
  • re criminating,
  • de cry.
  •repel (verb)
  • dis owned,
  • casting aside,
  • chases away,
  • drave away,
  • dis owning,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • forces back,
  • drives away,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • forces off,
  • stands up against,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • driving off,
  • stood against,
  • forcing off,
  • chasing away,
  • puts flight,
  • casts aside,
  • drove away,
  • drove off,
  • forced back,
  • stands against,
  • forced off,
  • puts to flight,
  • stood up against,
  • standing up against,
  • putting to flight,
  • forcing back,
  • dis-owned,
  • putting flight,
  • dis-owning,
  • put flight,
  • beating back,
  • drave off,
  • beats back,
  • driving away,
  • drives off.
  •repulse (verb)
  • heave-hoing,
  • heave ho,
  • heave-hoed,
  • heavehoing,
  • heaveho,
  • kicks the teeth,
  • kicking the teeth,
  • kick the teeth,
  • nixed,
  • kicks in teeth,
  • threw back,
  • re pulse,
  • kicked teeth,
  • throwing back,
  • kicks teeth,
  • heave-hoes,
  • re pulses,
  • heave hoing,
  • kicked the teeth,
  • kicking in teeth,
  • kicking in the teeth,
  • re-pulsing,
  • kicking teeth,
  • re pulsing,
  • throws back,
  • re-pulses,
  • re-pulsed,
  • kicks in the teeth,
  • heavehoed,
  • re-pulse,
  • heavehoes,
  • re pulsed,
  • heave hoed,
  • kick teeth,
  • heave hoes,
  • kicked in the teeth,
  • kicked in teeth.
  •resist (verb)
  • snub.
  •revolt (verb)
  • re-volts,
  • re volts,
  • re-volt,
  • re volt.
  •stand pat (verb)
  • sticking guns,
  • sticked one's guns,
  • stuck to one guns,
  • sticking one guns,
  • stick one's guns,
  • sticks one's guns,
  • stick to one guns,
  • stick one guns,
  • stick ones guns,
  • sticking to ones guns,
  • staid put,
  • stuck ones guns,
  • sticked to ones guns,
  • stick to ones guns,
  • sticked ones guns,
  • sticked to one guns,
  • sticked to one's guns,
  • sticks guns,
  • stick guns,
  • stuck to ones guns,
  • stuck one guns,
  • sticking ones guns,
  • sticks to one's guns,
  • stuck to guns,
  • sticked guns,
  • sticking to guns,
  • sticking one's guns,
  • sticks ones guns,
  • stays put,
  • sticks one guns,
  • stuck to one's guns,
  • sticked to guns,
  • sticking to one guns,
  • sticks to guns,
  • stuck guns,
  • sticks to ones guns,
  • stuck one's guns,
  • sticked one guns,
  • sticks to one guns,
  • stayed put.
  •stem (verb)
  • brings to standstill,
  • bringing to a standstill,
  • bringing standstill,
  • brings to a standstill,
  • brought to a standstill,
  • brought a standstill,
  • brought standstill,
  • bring standstill,
  • bringing a standstill,
  • brings a standstill,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • brought to standstill,
  • brings standstill,
  • bring a standstill.
  •strike (verb)
  • being on strike,
  • going on strike,
  • hitting the bricks,
  • refuses work,
  • are strike,
  • are on strike,
  • am on strike,
  • hits bricks,
  • is on strike,
  • sitting in,
  • going strike,
  • refused work,
  • was strike,
  • refuses to work,
  • am strike,
  • goes strike,
  • wast on strike,
  • hits the bricks,
  • is strike,
  • being strike,
  • sits in,
  • slowing down,
  • sitting down,
  • hit bricks,
  • went strike,
  • wert strike,
  • goes on strike,
  • sate down,
  • hitting bricks,
  • sate in,
  • were strike,
  • be strike,
  • go strike,
  • was on strike,
  • sits down,
  • refuse work,
  • went on strike,
  • art strike,
  • refusing work,
  • refused to work,
  • wast strike,
  • slows down,
  • refusing to work,
  • were on strike,
  • wert on strike.
  •violate (verb)
  • out-rage,
  • out-raged,
  • pro fanes,
  • tramples on,
  • sacrileged,
  • out rages,
  • pro-fanes,
  • sacrileging,
  • trampled on,
  • out-rages,
  • pro-fane,
  • trampling on,
  • out raged,
  • out-raging,
  • pro fane.
  •weather (verb)
  • sticks it out,
  • beared up against,
  • gotten through,
  • bore up against,
  • beared against,
  • sur-mounting,
  • making it,
  • over coming,
  • bearing against,
  • pulled through,
  • rose above,
  • gets through,
  • bearing up against,
  • rode out,
  • sur mount,
  • grew strong,
  • gat through,
  • over come,
  • bare brunt of,
  • sur-mount,
  • bore the brunt of,
  • bare the brunt of,
  • over-comes,
  • grows hardened,
  • beared the brunt of,
  • grew hardened,
  • stuck it out,
  • sur mounts,
  • bears the brunt of,
  • rides out,
  • growing strong,
  • over comes,
  • becoming toughened,
  • sticked it out,
  • rises above,
  • growing hardened,
  • beared brunt of,
  • getting through,
  • bears up against,
  • bore against,
  • over-coming,
  • bare against,
  • sur-mounted,
  • sur mounting,
  • bears against,
  • bearing the brunt of,
  • becomes toughened,
  • bore brunt of,
  • sticking it out,
  • became toughened,
  • bearing brunt of,
  • bare up against,
  • makes it,
  • grows strong,
  • bears brunt of,
  • rid out,
  • sur mounted,
  • riding out,
  • sur-mounts,
  • bear brunt of.
  •withhold (verb)
  • keeping secret,
  • held out on,
  • de-duct,
  • keeping under one's hat,
  • keep oneself,
  • de-tains,
  • dummies up,
  • holding out on,
  • keeping under ones hat,
  • dummying up,
  • de ducting,
  • de ducts,
  • keeps secret,
  • re-serves,
  • keeps oneself,
  • keeping under hat,
  • with-held,
  • sate on,
  • kept under hat,
  • clams up,
  • re-serving,
  • with-hold,
  • kept under ones hat,
  • kept under wraps,
  • holding down,
  • de tain,
  • de tains,
  • re serving,
  • with-holding,
  • keeping under wraps,
  • holds out on,
  • keep under one hat,
  • stopping oneself,
  • with-holds,
  • de duct,
  • with hold,
  • keep under hat,
  • keeping oneself,
  • with holds,
  • holds down,
  • kept under one hat,
  • de-tain,
  • keeping under one hat,
  • kept to oneself,
  • re served,
  • sits on,
  • with held,
  • de-ducts,
  • stopped oneself,
  • keeps under ones hat,
  • kept oneself,
  • re-serve,
  • with holding,
  • re-served,
  • stopt oneself,
  • keeps to oneself,
  • keeps under hat,
  • de-ducted,
  • keeps under one hat,
  • de ducted,
  • kept under one's hat,
  • de-ducting,
  • keep under ones hat,
  • re serve,
  • keeps under wraps,
  • stops oneself,
  • keeps under one's hat.
  •withstand (verb)
  • putting up struggle,
  • sitting take it,
  • hold one ground,
  • putting with,
  • stands one's ground,
  • with-stood,
  • won out,
  • stand one ground,
  • with stands,
  • prevailed against,
  • sits take it,
  • sat and take it,
  • put struggle,
  • sit take it,
  • standing one ground,
  • stand ground,
  • sitting and take it,
  • puts up struggle,
  • sate and take it,
  • remaining firm,
  • with-stand,
  • sits and take it,
  • remains firm,
  • puts struggle,
  • prevailing against,
  • stands ones ground,
  • standing ones ground,
  • stood ones ground,
  • sat take it,
  • hold ones ground,
  • standing ground,
  • winned out,
  • stood one ground,
  • stands ground,
  • with standing,
  • stands one ground,
  • stood ground,
  • stood one's ground,
  • with-standing,
  • with stand,
  • winning out,
  • with-stands,
  • stand ones ground,
  • prevails against,
  • wins out,
  • sate take it,
  • remained firm,
  • with stood,
  • putting struggle.
  •withstand, oppose (verb)
  • bear,
  • prevent,
  • thwart,
  • suffer,
  • stay,
  • abide,
  • endure,
  • struggle against,
  • assail,
  • die hard,
  • forbear,
  • assault,
  • abstain from,
  • brook,
  • curb,
  • keep from,
  • countervail,
  • hold out against.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fractiousness,
  • tractableness,
  • Pulpous,
  • pertinacity,
  • inexorability,
  • grimness,
  • compliancy,
  • bullheaded,
  • inflexibleness,
  • intransigence,
  • Caseharden,
  • Renitent,
  • sass,
  • obduracy,
  • nerve oneself,
  • contumacy,
  • adamantine,
  • Incompliance,
  • bullheadedness,
  • acquiescent,
  • biddable,
  • Insurgence,
  • doggedness,
  • mulishness,
  • willfulness,
  • die-hardism,
  • indocile,
  • unsusceptible,
  • brassbound,
  • rigidity,
  • submissiveness,
  • unbendable,
  • Renitence,
  • rigidness,
  • Incompliant,
  • Obeisant,
  • intransigency,
  • resistive,
  • remorselessness,
  • insurgency,
  • incompliancy,
  • quaggy,
  • unsusceptibility,
  • relentlessness,
  • refractoriness,
  • unmanageability,
  • Indocility,
  • perversity,
  • unruliness,
  • squishy,
  • obstreperousness,
  • obstinateness,
  • Renitency,
  • opposer,
  • uncontrollableness,
  • fight back,
  • pertinaciousness,
  • amenability,
  • renege,
  • Resisting,
  • imperviousness,
  • undisciplined,
  • tenaciousness,
  • Implacableness,
  • recalcitrancy,
  • declare against,
  • perverseness,
  • duteous,
  • stand out against,
  • insurrectionist,
  • obdurateness,
  • uncompliant,
  • pigheadedness,
  • recalcitrance,
  • Oppositionist,
  • ungovernableness,
  • hardheadedness,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • intractableness,
  • tractability,
  • amenableness,
  • uncontrollability,
  • inexorableness.
  •
  • die-hard,
  • refractory,
  • dogged,
  • pigheaded,
  • squashy,
  • grim,
  • noncompliance,
  • Pappy,
  • submissive,
  • unruly,
  • acclimatize,
  • spongy,
  • incompressible,
  • defiant,
  • intractable,
  • obstinacy,
  • mutinous,
  • go against,
  • obedient,
  • revolutionist,
  • beard,
  • stubbornness,
  • intractability,
  • dutiful,
  • submission,
  • flout,
  • buck,
  • obstinate,
  • implacable,
  • tenacity,
  • hardheaded,
  • compliant,
  • insurgent,
  • resigned,
  • adversary,
  • relentless,
  • obstreperous,
  • disobedience,
  • adamant,
  • amenable,
  • uncontrollable,
  • compliance,
  • insurrectionary,
  • deference,
  • respectful,
  • despite,
  • antagonist,
  • insubordinate,
  • wildness,
  • impervious,
  • immune,
  • solid,
  • contumacious,
  • indurate,
  • tenacious,
  • nonresistant,
  • recalcitrant,
  • untowardness,
  • pulpy,
  • uncompromising,
  • observance,
  • stubborn,
  • inflexibility,
  • resistant,
  • tractable,
  • disobedient,
  • headstrong,
  • sedition,
  • uprising,
  • transgress,
  • noncompliant,
  • capitulation,
  • intransigent,
  • mushy,
  • insurrection,
  • obedience,
  • mutineer,
  • toughen,
  • pertinacious,
  • resister,
  • Implacability,
  • stiff-necked,
  • unrelenting,
  • mulish,
  • inexorable,
  • insubordination.
  •
  • acquiescence,
  • give,
  • succumb,
  • obdurate,
  • yielding,
  • passive,
  • remorseless,
  • docile,
  • insusceptible,
  • revolutionary,
  • opponent,
  • unbending,
  • unmanageable,
  • disorderliness,
  • acclimate,
  • cater,
  • defiance,
  • buckle,
  • immunity,
  • deferential.
  •
  • disorderly,
  • firm,
  • lawless,
  • ungovernable,
  • rebellion,
  • contempt,
  • perverse,
  • rebellious,
  • rigid,
  • fractious,
  • opposition,
  • willful,
  • conformable,
  • gratify,
  • iron.
  •
  • inflexible,
  • topple,
  • unyielding,
  • revolution,
  • untoward,
  • hard,
  • resistance.
  •
  • collapse,
  • harden,
  • fold.
  •
  • wild,
  • proof.
  •
  • humor,
  • make of,
  • soft.
  •
  • tackle.
  •
  • fall.
  •
  • talk.
  •
  • break.
  •confront
  • come up against,
  • face down,
  • faced up to,
  • standing to,
  • make my day,
  • Fronting,
  • go one-on-one,
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • stand to,
  • come against,
  • go one on one,
  • stood up to,
  • tell off,
  • face up to,
  • face with.
  •contend
  • Jostled,
  • had at,
  • Vied,
  • go after,
  • make play for,
  • mixed up with,
  • give one's all,
  • mixed with,
  • litigate,
  • go for it,
  • go for broke,
  • knock oneself out,
  • goes after,
  • push for,
  • Emulated,
  • going for broke,
  • jockey for position,
  • shoot for,
  • tangle with,
  • shot at,
  • have at,
  • go for jugular,
  • mix it up with,
  • shoot at,
  • mix with,
  • scramble for,
  • going after,
  • mix up with,
  • give all one's got.
  •counteract
  • counter-balance,
  • Counterchecking,
  • canceled out,
  • cancel out,
  • Negativing,
  • cancelling out,
  • countercheck,
  • counter-balances,
  • counterchecks,
  • cancelled out,
  • Negatived,
  • neutralize.
  •defend
  • retain,
  • beat off,
  • fight for,
  • Bulwarked,
  • Garrisoned,
  • guard against,
  • panoplied,
  • cared for,
  • watch over,
  • fortify,
  • care for,
  • looking after,
  • keep safe,
  • watching over,
  • looked after,
  • Housed,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • looks after,
  • hold at bay,
  • look after,
  • cares for,
  • Garrisoning,
  • repel danger,
  • Bulwarking,
  • watched over.
  •defy
  • sticking fast,
  • fly in face of,
  • stuck fast,
  • hurl defiance at,
  • stick fast,
  • Ridiculed.
  •disagree
  • demur.
  •disobey
  • insurrect,
  • not heeded,
  • setting aside,
  • Revolutionizing,
  • rise in arms,
  • not mind,
  • go counter to,
  • not listen,
  • not listening,
  • break rules,
  • not heed,
  • not heeding,
  • recalcitrate,
  • pay no attention to,
  • take law into own hands,
  • be remiss.
  •fend off
  • turning aside,
  • keep off,
  • keep distance,
  • keep arm's length,
  • keep at a distance,
  • turned aside,
  • drive back,
  • driving back,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • fending off,
  • turn aside.
  •hinder
  • hinders,
  • hogtie,
  • get in the way,
  • bottlenecking,
  • boxes in,
  • box in,
  • bottlenecked.
  •kick
  • repine,
  • Fussing,
  • Fussed.
  •oppose
  • counterattacking,
  • searched out,
  • take issue,
  • searching out,
  • counter-attacks,
  • search out,
  • frown at,
  • speak against,
  • turned the tables,
  • not countenanced,
  • counterattacked,
  • turn the tables,
  • run counter to,
  • take a stand,
  • not countenance,
  • call in question,
  • counter-attack.
  •protest
  • be against,
  • cries out,
  • cried out,
  • back-talk,
  • say no,
  • be displeased by,
  • is against,
  • sound off,
  • Constate,
  • make a stink,
  • crying out,
  • says no,
  • inveigh against,
  • cry out.
  •remonstrate
  • Animadverting,
  • recriminate,
  • animadvert,
  • Animadverted,
  • recriminating,
  • animadverts,
  • frown upon,
  • remonstrate.
  •repulse
  • Repulsing,
  • kick in teeth,
  • nixing,
  • heave-ho,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • throw back,
  • set back.
  •stand pat
  • stick to one's guns,
  • stick to guns,
  • sticking to one's guns,
  • staying put.

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.