Definitions For Resistance

noun

  • The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
  • The military action of resisting the enemy's advance
  • Group action in opposition to those in power
  • An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
  • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
  • The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
  • A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
  • Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
  • A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
  • The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
  • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  • Refusal to accept something new or different
  • Effort made to stop or to fight against someone or something
  • The ability to prevent something from having an effect

Is Resistance a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Resistance is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Resistance in a Sentence

  • They have shown a stubborn resistance to change.
  • The troops met heavy resistance as they approached the city.
  • The paint shows good weather resistance.

Synonyms for Resistance

Antonyms for Resistance

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