resistance - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

Synonyms

• opposition
• resistance

More generic

• action

More specific

• anti-takeover defense
• lockout
• reaction

Noun

the military action of resisting the enemy's advance

Synonyms

• resistance

More generic

• action
• military action

Noun

group action in opposition to those in power

Synonyms

• resistance

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• group action

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• confrontation
• contravention
• defiance
• dispute
• dissent
• insubordination
• objection
• obstructionism
• opposition
• protest
• rebellion
• rebelliousness
• sales resistance

Noun

an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

Synonyms

• resistance
• resistor

More generic

• electrical device

More specific

• ballast
• ballast resistor
• barretter
• potential divider
• rheostat
• variable resistor
• voltage divider

Related

• circuit
• electric circuit
• electrical circuit

Noun

(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

Synonyms

• resistance

More generic

• involuntariness
• unwillingness

Noun

the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

Synonyms

• resistance

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• deadness
• unresponsiveness

Noun

a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

Synonyms

• resistance
• underground

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• revolutionary group

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• Maquis

Noun

any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

Synonyms

• resistance

More generic

• mechanical phenomenon

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• acoustic impedance
• acoustic reactance
• acoustic resistance
• drag
• friction
• retarding force
• rubbing

Noun

a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

Synonyms

• electric resistance
• electrical resistance
• impedance
• ohmic resistance
• resistance
• resistivity

More generic

• electrical phenomenon

More specific

• ohmage

Noun

the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

Synonyms

• resistance

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• capability
• capacity

Noun

(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

Synonyms

• immunity
• resistance

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• condition
• status

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• acquired immunity
• immunogenicity
• innate immunity
• natural immunity

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