Resisting Synonyms and Antonyms

Tending to resist, as an influence or idea
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. renitent
  2. resistant
  3. resistive
Express opposition through action or words
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. countering
  2. fending
  3. protesting
  4. withstanding
  5. standing
  6. combatting
Antonyms:
  1. conforming
  2. complying
Refuse to comply
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. balking
To take action in opposition to; try to eliminate, reduce, or stop:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. opposing
Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withstanding
Antonyms:
  1. surrendering

Words Related to Resisting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Resisting Sentence Examples

  • Gabriel trailed her, resisting the urge to wrap her shivering body in his arms.

  • In resisting the Magyar word of command, then, the king-emperor was able to appeal to the antiMagyar feeling of the other Hungarian races.

  • The monument, after repeatedly resisting the violence of curiosity, was broken into in 1810 by the French soldiery; the statue was mutilated, and the yellow hair was cut from the broken skeleton, to be preserved in reliquaries and blown away by the wind.

  • If he refrained from making advances, how could she know if she was capable of resisting him?

  • Betsy read a notice on the Internet a day later that the culprit was beaten and in serious condition, after allegedly resisting arrest.

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