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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resistant

/ɹəˈzɪstənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
re-sis-tant
IPA
/ɹəˈzɪstənt/
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.

noun

A thing which resists.

adj

Which makes resistance or offers opposition.

adj

Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.

adj

Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French résistant; equivalent to resist + -ant.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

resistants (plural) more resistant (comparative) most resistant (superlative)

Derived Forms

antiresistant atheroresistant bioresistant chemoresistant coresistant corticoresistant crossresistant cryoresistant exoresistant gastroresistant heteroresistant homoresistant

Phrases

acid-resistant drought-resistant famine resistant fire-resistant gastro-resistant heat resistant heat-resistant multi-resistant

Frequently Paired Words

robust

Synonyms

sufferable tolerant patient resistant repellent insubordinate resistive immune

Rhymes With

assistant consistent self-consistent distant persistent inconsistent existent non-existent nonexistent insistent

Questions

How do you pronounce resistant?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈzɪstənt/.
What does resistant mean?
A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
Where does resistant come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce resistant

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