RESISTANCES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

resistances

noun

plural of resistance

as in oppositions

the inclination to resist after some initial resistance, the city council warmed up to the proposed development plan

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as in undergrounds

a secret organization in a conquered country fighting against enemy forces soldiers from the resistance were captured after a skirmish outside the foreign ministry

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Recent Examples of resistances Thornton’s latest work has the potential to reach more audiences precisely because of the Huckleberry Finn-like spirit of its Kid and Max saga, giving more folks the opportunity to learn about colonialist histories and indigenous resistances in the lands down under. —

Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026 Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above). —

IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resistances

Noun

Along with her own moral oppositions, O'Donnell recounted facing pushback from her teenage child, Clay.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026
With Trump, these oppositions are never absolute.

— Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of oppositions

Noun

The judge also overruled any further objections from the defense regarding Blankenship’s testimony on the matter.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
Despite those objections, the administration is expected to proceed with the transaction and formally notify Congress in the coming days.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026