| ADJECTIVE | all | resistant, immune | relating to or conferring immunity / immunity (to disease or infection) |
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| all | resistant, tolerant | able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress | |
| all | resistant | impervious to being affected | |
| all | resistant, insubordinate, resistive | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | |
| all | resistant, repellent | incapable of absorbing or mixing with |
| Sounds | rihzih'stahnt; riyzih'stahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | relating to or conferring immunity / immunity (to disease or infection). | |
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| Synonym | immune | |
| Broader | unsusceptible, insusceptible | not susceptible to |
| Spanish | inmune, resistente | |
| Catalan | resistent | |
| Nouns | resistance | the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) |
| resistance | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease | |
| Verbs | resist | resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign / foreign tissue or organ |
| Meaning | able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress. | |
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| Example | "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought" | |
| Synonym | tolerant | |
| Broader | tolerable | Capable of being borne or endured |
| Meaning | impervious to being affected. | |
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| Broader | impervious, imperviable | not admitting of passage / passage or capable of being affected |
| Spanish | resistente | |
| Nouns | resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
| Meaning | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority. | |
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| Synonyms | insubordinate, resistive | |
| Broader | defiant, noncompliant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
| Spanish | insubordinado, provocador, resistente, resistivo | |
| Nouns | resistance | group action in opposition to those in power |
| Verbs | resist | stand up or offer resistance / resistance to somebody or something |
| resist | refuse to comply | |
| resist | express opposition through action or words / words | |
| Meaning | incapable of absorbing or mixing with. | |
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| Example | "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" | |
| Synonym | repellent | |
| Broader | nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive | not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids / liquids) |
| Spanish | repelente, resistente | |
| Catalan | repel·lent, resistent | |
| Verbs | resist | withstand the force of something |
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