Definition for Resistance:

• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; " the enemy offered little resistance"

Synonyms for Resistance:

• n.

  •
  • arc light,
  • stableness,
  • permanence,
  • active,
  • arc,
  • vacillation,
  • fastness,
  • susceptibility,
  • hardness,
  • brownout.
  •
  • occupy,
  • subjugate,
  • detention,
  • storm,
  • attrition,
  • seize,
  • reserve,
  • subdue,
  • conquer,
  • besiege,
  • suppress,
  • invade,
  • annex,
  • retardation.
  •
  • force,
  • strike,
  • strength,
  • boycott,
  • fitness,
  • walkout,
  • revolution,
  • uprising,
  • slowdown,
  • front.
  •
  • resist.
  •
  • robustness,
  • durability,
  • indestructibility,
  • sturdiness,
  • invincibility,
  • hardiness,
  • Inviolability.
  •adverse reaction (noun)
  • backlash.
  •antagonism (noun)
  • clashing,
  • conflict,
  • disagreement,
  • difference,
  • discord,
  • rancor,
  • antithesis,
  • enmity,
  • Oppugnancy,
  • dissension,
  • competition,
  • contrariety,
  • animosity,
  • animus,
  • incongruity,
  • hostility,
  • contradistinction,
  • hatred,
  • rivalry,
  • antipathy.
  •armament; protection system (noun)
  • defense.
  •backlash (noun)
  • kickback,
  • retaliation,
  • response,
  • backfire,
  • boomerang,
  • Retroaction,
  • repercussion,
  • tangle,
  • resentment,
  • recoil.
  •causing problem; opposition (noun)
  • antagonism.
  •contention (noun)
  • quarrel,
  • contention,
  • dissidence,
  • struggle,
  • encounter,
  • controversy,
  • tension.
  •courage, will to resist (noun)
  • fight.
  •defense (noun)
  • buffer,
  • position,
  • barrier,
  • moat,
  • citadel,
  • stronghold,
  • wall,
  • fortification,
  • reply,
  • bastion,
  • retort,
  • bastille,
  • dike,
  • embankment,
  • safeguard,
  • shield,
  • aversion,
  • fence,
  • shelter,
  • aegis,
  • support,
  • security,
  • stockade,
  • palisade,
  • barricade,
  • rampart,
  • fortress,
  • deterrence,
  • munitions,
  • return,
  • parapet,
  • guard,
  • countermeasure,
  • warfare,
  • redoubt,
  • arms,
  • weapons,
  • weaponry,
  • argument,
  • protection,
  • screen,
  • cover,
  • harbor,
  • bulwark,
  • garrison,
  • armor,
  • buttress,
  • answer,
  • fort,
  • ward,
  • immunity,
  • trench,
  • rebuttal.
  •defiance (noun)
  • audacity,
  • affront,
  • insurgency,
  • recalcitrance,
  • contravention,
  • insolence,
  • attack,
  • boldness,
  • rebelliousness,
  • temerity,
  • insubordination,
  • stubbornness,
  • dissent.
  •disinclination (noun)
  • dislike,
  • indisposition,
  • objection,
  • Disrelish,
  • reluctance,
  • lack of desire,
  • Loathness,
  • repugnance,
  • demur,
  • displeasure,
  • hesitance,
  • Disliking,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • opposition,
  • alienation,
  • disfavor,
  • lack of enthusiasm,
  • distaste.
  •dissent (noun)
  • flak,
  • heterodoxy,
  • schism,
  • bone,
  • hassle,
  • nonagreement,
  • Nonconcurrence,
  • far cry,
  • heresy,
  • bone of contention,
  • protest,
  • disunity,
  • split,
  • disaccord,
  • variance,
  • clinker,
  • sour note,
  • poles apart,
  • strife,
  • nonconformism,
  • nonconformity,
  • spat,
  • bone to pick,
  • Nope,
  • Misbelief,
  • unorthodoxy.
  •electrical resistance (noun)
  • electrical resistance.
  •electricity (noun)
  • fm,
  • impedance,
  • discharge,
  • juice,
  • anode,
  • conductor,
  • microphone,
  • network,
  • transmitter,
  • direct current,
  • capacitance,
  • electromagnetism,
  • magnetism,
  • watt,
  • transistor,
  • frequency,
  • cathode,
  • circuit,
  • television,
  • voltage,
  • ohm,
  • insulator,
  • wattage,
  • induction,
  • computer,
  • radio,
  • video,
  • receiver,
  • amplifier,
  • speaker,
  • positive,
  • diode,
  • memory,
  • alternating current,
  • spark,
  • electrode,
  • monitor,
  • electricity,
  • connection,
  • tube,
  • capacitor,
  • megahertz,
  • volt,
  • ic,
  • kilohertz,
  • resistor,
  • ac,
  • shock,
  • radar,
  • amperes,
  • tweeter,
  • motherboard,
  • crt,
  • cycle,
  • circuit card,
  • polarity,
  • negative,
  • charge,
  • processor,
  • backplane,
  • triode,
  • current,
  • electronics,
  • electrostatic.
  •electric resistance (noun)
  • electric resistance.
  •fight (noun)
  • belligerence,
  • aggression,
  • pugnacity,
  • gameness,
  • aggressiveness,
  • combativeness,
  • hardihood,
  • militancy,
  • spirit.
  •firmness (noun)
  • fixedness,
  • compactness,
  • solidity,
  • tensile strength,
  • impermeability,
  • inflexibility,
  • density,
  • impenetrability,
  • temper,
  • impliability,
  • rigidity,
  • toughness,
  • inelasticity.
  •friction (noun)
  • filing,
  • grating,
  • rasping,
  • massage,
  • rubbing,
  • wearing away,
  • erosion,
  • scrubbing,
  • Trituration,
  • scraping,
  • friction,
  • irritation,
  • abrasion,
  • agitation,
  • wearing,
  • traction,
  • grinding,
  • soreness,
  • Fretting,
  • chafing.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • catch,
  • bung,
  • clog,
  • brake,
  • plug,
  • dam,
  • mire,
  • blockade,
  • restriction,
  • complication,
  • jam,
  • deterrent,
  • stoppage,
  • interruption,
  • delay,
  • impasse,
  • snag,
  • restraint,
  • constipation,
  • drag,
  • constraint,
  • hurdle,
  • blockage,
  • burden,
  • crimp,
  • damper,
  • entanglement,
  • entrapment,
  • bottleneck,
  • drawback,
  • stop,
  • block,
  • bafflement,
  • stay,
  • choke,
  • obstacle,
  • handicap,
  • disadvantage,
  • frustration,
  • snarl,
  • congestion,
  • encumbrance.
  •person who does not obey (noun)
  • rebel.
  •rebel (noun)
  • Revolter,
  • recreants,
  • secessionist,
  • experimenter,
  • malcontents,
  • non-conformist,
  • non-conformists,
  • separatist,
  • subverters,
  • Frondeur,
  • experimenters,
  • experientialist,
  • overthrower,
  • in dependent,
  • overthrowers,
  • insurrectionist,
  • insurrectionary,
  • in-dependent,
  • disectarians,
  • in-dependents,
  • in dependents,
  • subverter,
  • sub verter,
  • frondeurs,
  • seditionist,
  • over-throwers,
  • rioter,
  • non conformist,
  • secessionists,
  • independents,
  • over throwers,
  • seditionists,
  • revolters,
  • non conformists,
  • over thrower,
  • experientialists,
  • disectarian,
  • sub-verter,
  • rioters,
  • over-thrower,
  • revolutionaries.
  •resistance (noun)
  • counteraction,
  • resistivity,
  • rebuff,
  • combat,
  • blocking,
  • underground,
  • halting,
  • Withstanding,
  • holding,
  • impeding,
  • impediment,
  • Ohmic Resistance,
  • intransigence,
  • hindrance,
  • battle,
  • stand,
  • warding off,
  • defiance,
  • check,
  • striking back,
  • protecting,
  • Parrying,
  • watch.
  •revolutionist (noun)
  • revolutionist.
  •stamina (noun)
  • power of endurance,
  • indefatigabilities,
  • power endurance,
  • indefatigability,
  • lustinesses,
  • lustiness.
  •stiffness (noun)
  • firmness.
  •strength, vigor (noun)
  • stamina.
  •tolerance (noun)
  • hardinesses.
  •truculence (noun)
  • truculence.
  •unwillingness (noun)
  • Averseness,
  • balkiness,
  • disinclination,
  • Repellency,
  • unwillingness,
  • contrariness,
  • noncooperation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • denial,
  • reaction,
  • nonacceptance,
  • interdiction,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • athleticism,
  • resignation,
  • imperviousness,
  • Renitence,
  • Renitency,
  • resilience,
  • beef,
  • virility,
  • brawn,
  • refusal.
  •
  • sinew,
  • ban,
  • prohibition,
  • stability,
  • silence,
  • endurance,
  • tolerance.
  •
  • veto,
  • intensity,
  • revolt,
  • dismissal,
  • muscle,
  • energy.
  •
  • rejection.
  •
  • power.

Paraphrases for Resistance:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    resistant.
  • Proper noun, singular
    resistant.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    Resisted.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    confrontation, defiance, protest, backlash, dissent.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    tensile.
  • Proper noun, singular
    resist, resilience, resistor, resistencia, Resisting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reticence, stress, reaction, resilience, revulsion, rebellion, insurgency, resistor, revolt, robustness, resentment, toughness, rejection, stiffness, tolerance, objection, guerrilla, perseverance, antibiotic, tenacity, antagonism, unwillingness, susceptibility, overreaction, hesitation, uprising, fighting.
  • Interjection
    resistors, resist.
  • Verb, past tense
    Battled, Was.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Resisting.
  • Verb, past participle
    Resisted, given, conducted.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    resist.
  • Verb, base form
    resist.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    resilient, hardiness, strength, endurance, steadfastness.
  • Proper noun, singular
    strength, resister, endurance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    opposition, reluctance, hardiness, strength, durability, resister, obstruction, endurance, resistant, steadfastness.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    strength.

Antonyms for Resistance:

• n.

  • antagonism
    understanding, harmony, sympathy, accord, rapport, agreement.
  • defense
    flight, surrender, desertion.
  • disinclination
    inclination, bent, enthusiasm, leaning, incentive, desire, willingness.
  • dissent
    sanction, concurrence, ratification, approval, endorsement, authorization.
  • firmness
    softness, weakness, flexibility.
  • resistance
    cooperation, submission, conforming.
  • Other antonyms:
    capitulation, abandonment, acquiescence, compliance, betrayal, acceptance, obedience.

Resistance Sentence Examples:

• There was great surprise for several minutes, but the Mexican soldiers had been taken off their guard, and could offer little resistance.

• Hartmut is no longer a child to be borne into a carriage and carried off in spite of his resistance.

Homophones for Resistance:

• receding, requisiteness, ricketiness, rest mass, rightness, right wing, recasting, roasting, resistence, rigidness, recoding, residency, racketiness, raggedness, Rustiness, rusting, residence, ruggedness, right-wing, reactance.

Hypernym for Resistance:

• n.

  • act
    defiance, confrontation, opposition, rebellion, dissent, objection, contravention, dispute, protest, sales resistance, obstructionism, rebelliousness, insubordination.
  • phenomenon
    friction, acoustic impedance, acoustic resistance, retarding force, drag, acoustic reactance, rubbing.

Hyponym for Resistance:

• n.

  • act
    group action, military action, action.
  • attribute
    unresponsiveness, unwillingness, deadness, Involuntariness.
  • phenomenon
    mechanical phenomenon.
  • state
    capability, capacity.