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resistant
Synonyms and Antonyms of resistant
- The toddler was resistant to trying vegetables.
- His parents were set in their ways and resistant to the changes brought about by technology.
competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resisting
balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)
averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath (also loth), reluctant, unwilling
hard, inflexible, relentless, stern, unbending, unflinching, unrelenting
adverse, counter, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward
- The resistant athletes did not give up even when they were losing the game.
- He was quite resistant, able to bounce back after even large setbacks in his career.
unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
dogged, insistent, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious
assured, certain, dedicated, determined, firm, hell-bent, intent, positive, resolute, resolved, single-minded, sure
adamant, bullheaded, dogged, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, indurate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unregenerate, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
constant, devoted, faithful, good, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true
hard, inflexible, relentless, stern, unbending, unflinching, unrelenting
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