Dictionary Definition
resistant adj
1 relating to or conferring immunity (to disease
or infection) [syn: immune]
2 incapable of being affected; "resistant to
persuasion"
3 disposed to or engaged in defiance of
established authority [syn: insubordinate, resistive]
4 incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a
water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and
water" [syn: repellent]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From French résistantNoun
resistant- A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
- A thing which resists.
Translations
a person who resists
- French: résistant
Adjective
resistant- That which makes resistance or offers opposition.
- That which is not overcome by a disease or drug.
- The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
Derived terms
Translations
that which makes resistance
- French: résistant
that which is not overcome by a disease or drug
References
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
against, airtight, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds,
averse, ballproof, beyond control,
bombproof, bony, breachy, breakaway, bulletproof, burglarproof, cartilaginous, cement, cemental, chewy, clashing, cohesive, complaining, concrete, conflicting, contradicting, contradictory, contumacious, coriaceous, corneous, corrosionproof, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, crotchety, cursory, dampproof, defiant, dense, diamondlike, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, durable, dure, fibrous, fire-resisting,
fireproof, flameproof, flintlike, flinty, foolproof, forced, fractious, granitelike, granitic, gristly, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted, hardy, hermetic, holeproof, horny, hostile, immovable, immune, impervious, impervious to,
incorrigible,
indisposed, indocile, indomitable, inimical, insuppressible, intractable, intransigent, involuntary, iron-hard,
ironlike, irrepressible, lapideous, lasting, leakproof, leatherlike, leathery, lithoid, lithoidal, marble, marblelike, mutinous, noiseproof, nonconformist, noncooperative,
nonsusceptible to disease, obdurate, objecting, obstinate, obstreperous, obstructive, on the
barricades, opposed,
opposing, oppositional, oppugnant, osseous, out of hand, perfunctory, perverse, proof, proof against, protesting, punctureproof, reactionary, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, repugnant, resisting, resistive, restive, retardant, retardative, revolutionary, rocklike, rocky, ropy, rustproof, shatterproof, shedding, shellproof, shrewish, sinewy, solid, soundproof, steellike, steely, stiff, stonelike, stony, stringy, strong, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, tight, tough, tough as leather, unaffected, unbiddable, uncompliant, unconsenting, uncontrollable, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, untiring, unwilling, unyielding, up in arms,
vigorous, viscid, watertight, weatherproof, wild, wiry, withstanding