Resister

3 definitions found

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

  Resister \Re*sist"er\ (-?r), n.
     One who resists.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  resister
       n 1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that others
            want to take [syn: {obstructionist}, {obstructor}, {obstructer},
             {thwarter}]
       2: someone who offers opposition [syn: {adversary}, {antagonist},
           {opponent}, {opposer}] [ant: {agonist}]

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

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "resister":
     bitter-ender, brawler, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient,
     dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigant,
     naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist,
     obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, plaintiff, protester,
     quarreler, scrapper, wrangler