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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