Synonyms for resistance
rɪˈzɪs tənsre·sis·tance

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1. resistance

   The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.

   Synonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Preposition:
   Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

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1. resistance

   Synonyms:
   opposition, hindrance

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1. resistance, oppositionnoun

   the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

   "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"

   Synonyms:
   underground, foe, resistivity, opposite, confrontation, immunity, enemy, ohmic resistance, foeman, electrical resistance, opponent, impedance, electric resistance, opposition, resistor, oppositeness

2. resistancenoun

   any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

   Synonyms:
   electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

3. electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistancenoun

   a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

   Synonyms:
   electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

4. resistancenoun

   the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

   "the enemy offered little resistance"

   Synonyms:
   electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

5. immunity, resistancenoun

   (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

   Synonyms:
   electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, exemption, resistor, unsusceptibility, granting immunity, opposition, electric resistance

6. resistancenoun

   the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

   "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

   Synonyms:
   electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

7. underground, resistancenoun

   a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

   Synonyms:
   resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, subway, impedance, resistor, electrical resistance, metro, opposition, subway system, electric resistance, tube

8. resistancenoun

   the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

   Synonyms:
   electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

9. resistancenoun

   (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

   Synonyms:
   electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

10. resistor, resistancenoun

    an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

11. resistancenoun

    group action in opposition to those in power

    Synonyms:
    electrical resistance, resistivity, immunity, ohmic resistance, underground, impedance, resistor, opposition, electric resistance

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Bacteria
   • Capability
   • Condition
   • Electrical Device
   • Electrical Phenomenon
   • Group Action
   • Mechanical Phenomenon
   • Medicine
   • Military
   • Military Action
   • Psychiatry
   • Revolutionary Group
   • Unresponsiveness
   • Unwillingness

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1. resistancenoun

   Synonyms:
   opposition, hinderance, rebuff, check

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1. resistancenoun

   Synonyms:
   opposition, renitence, recalcitration, oppugnation, antagonism, rebuff

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1. List of paraphrases for "resistance":

   strength, resilience, resistor, résistance, resistant, resisting, resist, opposition, resiliency, reluctance, stress, hardiness, resister, resistencia, endurance, stamina, militant, steadfastness, resisted

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1. Sean Coleman:

   Despite recent market firmness, large deals still face resistance given the risk-off environment and weak technicals: fund outflows, buyers on strike and the slowing CLO machine, we expect a muddle through economy rather than a recession this year.

2. Irwin Michael:

   It's been a difficult week. The currencies, equities indices have been very volatile. So it's a bit of a sigh of relief. The path of least resistance is on the upside, there are a number of positive drivers. The Conservative majority victory in the UK ... On balance, nice recovery in the U.S. market. It gives people more confidence.

3. Carrie Chapman Catt:

   To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

4. Blaine Pfeifer:

   There’s still a series of experiments and tests that must be completed before a final new drug is available. Having said that, the goal would be to use the new analogs of erythromycin against those bacteria that have developed resistance to the original compound.

5. Wang Tao:

   Brent oil may break a resistance at $48.80 per barrel and rise more to $49.53, as indicated by its wave pattern and a Fibonacci projection analysis, support is at $47.51, the 61.8 percent Fibonacci retracement on the rise from $45.59 to $50.62, a break below which will lead to a further loss to $46.78, the 76.4 percent retracement.