resister

noun

re·​sist·​er ri-ˈzi-stər 

: one that resists

especially : one who actively opposes the policies of a government

Examples of resister in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The answer is that France at this time was attempting to heal its wartime wounds, papering over the cracks in the social fabric that had opened up during the German Occupation and positioning itself as a nation of resisters, in which collaborators had been few and aberrant. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025

Many war resisters, or draft dodgers as they were often called by others, were not interested in returning when Mr. Carter made his amnesty offer. —Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 May 2025

In the 1940s and ’50s, room-sized mainframe computers relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, resisters, capacitors and more. —Gerui Wang, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

Collaborators often became resisters, and vice versa. —Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for resister

• resistor
• stepsister
• transistor
• blister
• lyster
• mister
• sister
• twister

Kids Definition

resister

noun

re·​sist·​er -ˈzis-tər 

: one that resists

especially : one who actively opposes the policies of a government