Resistant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resistant \Re*sist"ant\ (-ant), a. [F. r['e]sistant: cf. L.
     resistens. See {Resist}.]
     Making resistance; resisting. -- n. One who, or that which,
     resists. --Bp. Pearson.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  182 Moby Thesaurus words for "resistant":
     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