Related Words for resist

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refuse
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Verb, Noun
protest
/x
Noun, Verb, Noun
defy
x/
Noun, Verb
withstand
x/
Verb, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Verb
dissent
x/
Verb, Verb
balk
/
Verb, Verb
jib
/
Verb, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb
stand firm
//
Phrase, Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
temptation
x/x
Noun
tempt
/
Verb
urge
/
Noun
suppress
x/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
stop
/
Noun
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
repel
x/
Verb
capitulate
x/xx
Verb
thwart
/
Verb
tolerate
/xx
Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb
resistant
x/x
Noun
overcome
/xx
Verb
justify
/xx
Verb
irresistible
xx/xx
Adjective
reject
x/
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
dislodge
x/
Verb
evade
x/
Verb
susceptible
x/xx
Adjective
ignore
x/
Verb
induce
x/
Verb
exert
x/
Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
compelled
x/
Verb
resistance
x/x
Noun
impervious
x/xx
Adjective
rebuff
x/
Noun
dissuade
x/
Verb
subdue
x/
Verb
discourage
x/x
Verb
cooperate
x/xx
Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
neutralize
/xx
Verb
overpower
xx/x
Verb
compulsion
x/x
Noun
persuaded
x/x
Verb
dare
/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
deflect
x/
Verb
detect
x/
Verb
indulge
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
denounce
x/
Verb
lure
/
Noun
mitigate
/xx
Verb
relent
x/
Verb
imitate
/xx
Verb
spurn
/
Verb
deterred
x/
Verb
loath
/
Adjective
adapt
x/
Verb
crush
/
Noun
confront
x/
Verb
powerless
/xx
Adjective
absorb
x/
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb
hard
/
Adjective
force
/
Noun
blandishments
/xx
Noun
insist
x/
Verb
undercut
/xx
Adjective
attempt
x/
Noun
mimic
/x
Noun
disobey
xx/
Verb
seduce
x/
Verb
refute
x/
Verb
flinch
/
Verb
vanquish
/x
Verb
manipulate
x/xx
Verb
predisposed
xx/
Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
decry
x/
Verb
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
accede
x/
Verb
nullify
/xx
Verb
excuse
x/
Noun
convince
x/
Verb
threatening
/xx
Adjective
discern
x/
Verb
impossible
x/xx
Adjective
engage
x/
Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
smother
/x
Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb
respond
x/
Verb
react
x/
Verb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
outsmart
/x
Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
shun
/
Noun
countering
/xx
Verb
neutralise
/xx
Verb
struggle
/x
Noun
enticement
x/x
Noun
obliged
x/
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
impulse
/x
Noun
repress
x/
Verb
cling
/
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
survive
x/
Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
subvert
x/
Verb
obey
x/
Verb
fight
/
Noun
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
inclined
x/
Adjective
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
afford
x/
Verb
embrace
x/
Noun
inclination
xx/x
Noun
defend
x/
Verb
persevere
xx/
Verb
able
/x
Adjective
argue
/x
Verb
fight back
//
Phrase, Verb
strike back
//
Phrase, Verb
repulse
x/
Noun
stand out
//
Phrase, Verb
set against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fight off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
intercept
xx/
Noun
block
/
Noun
forbid
x/
Verb
buck
/
Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
offset
x/
Verb
impede
x/
Verb
refrain
x/
Noun
fend off
//
Phrase, Verb
unexposed
xx/
Adjective
uttermost
/xx
Adjective
encroachments
x/x
Noun
photosensitive
xx/xx
Adjective
evil
/x
Adjective
abstain
x/
Verb
ai
/
Name
answers
/x
Name
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
assimilative
x/xxx
Adjective
avert
x/
Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beggar
/x
Noun, Verb
biphasic
/xx
Adjective
boycott
/x
Noun, Verb
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
colour
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
conclusions
x/x
Noun
confounding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
conquer
/x
Verb
consequences
/xxx
Noun
constructional
x/xx
Adjective
contradict
xx/
Verb
contraries
/xx
Noun
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
convergent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
desist
x/
Verb
determiners
x/xx
Noun
discard
x/
Verb, Noun
discontinuous
xx/xx
Adjective
effectors
x/x
Noun
electrophoretic
xxxx/x
Adjective
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
etch
/
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
forbear
x/
Verb, Noun
freehand
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
insidious
x/xx
Adjective
march
/
Name, Verb
mitzvah
/x
Noun
motivators
/xxx
Noun
multidirectional
/xx/xx
Adjective
ni
x
Noun
nonuniform
x/xx
Adjective
object
/x
Noun, Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
outcomes
/x
Noun
particle
/xx
Noun
pas
/
Noun
ramifications
xxx/x
Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
rebel
/x
Noun, Verb
relief
x/
Noun, Adjective
renegade
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
resilience
x/xx
Noun
resistor
x/x
Noun
reversal
x/x
Noun, Adjective
rise
/
Noun, Verb
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
stem
/
Noun, Verb
strength
/
Noun, Verb
strike
/
Noun, Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun, Verb
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
walk out
//
Phrase, Verb
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective