resistant

resistant is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Making resistance; resisting. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Making resistance; resisting.
2. noun. One who, or that which, resists.
3. adjective. incapable of absorbing or mixing with

   "a water-repellent fabric"

   "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

   Synonyms: repellent

4. adjective. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

   Synonyms: insubordinate, resistive

5. adjective. impervious to being affected

   "resistant to the effects of heat"

   "resistant to persuasion"

6. adjective. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)

   Synonyms: immune

7. adjective. able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

   "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"

   "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"

   Synonyms: tolerant

Synonyms

repellent, insubordinate, resistive, immune, tolerant

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in resistant:

straitens, tartiness

Common word forms

resistants, resistantes, resistantly

Words from these letters

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