Synonyms for resistant
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Tolerant — which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature…
tolerant, sufferable dated
2. Resistive
insubordinate, resistive rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
- adj. 2
Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
- adj. 3
Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
Related words
- Other spellings
- resistent
Example sentences
- tolerant His parents are tolerant of his self-indulgence.
- immune AIDS means "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
- repellent Ziri applied the mosquito repellent to his face.
- impervious Mark almost became impervious to toxic co-workers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| resistant | falling | |
| tolerant | steady | |
| immune | rising | |
| repellent | steady | |
| impervious | falling | |
| renitent | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1
- 5 letters
- tough1, solid2
- 6 letters
- strong1, immune2
- 7 letters
- defiant3
- 8 letters
- opposing3, tolerant3, renitent
- 9 letters
- repellent3, resistive
- 10 letters
- impervious4, sufferable
- 13 letters
- insubordinate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (solid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- résistant
- Italiano
- resistente
- Deutsch
- widerstandsfähig