Synonyms of resisting

resisting 1 of 2

adjective

as in resistant

Related Words

• resistant
• opposing
• conflicting
• competing
• counteracting
• countering
• defiant
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• rebel
• against
• rebellious
• averse
• contrary
• reluctant
• insubordinate
• opposed
• intractable
• unwilling
• contumacious
• wayward
• unruly
• obstreperous
• willful
• hesitant
• loath
• balky
• ungovernable
• untoward
• relentless
• incompliant
• unrelenting
• recusant
• froward
• disinclined
• unbending
• adverse
• unflinching
• counter
• hostile
• stern
• unfavorable
• negative
• inflexible
• disadvantageous
• inimical
• prejudicial
• unfriendly
• hard
• unsympathetic

Dissimilar Words

• complying
• tolerant
• understanding
• unresistant
• benign
• positive
• friendly
• agreeable
• favorable
• hospitable
• sympathetic
• congenial
• supportive
• amiable
• advantageous
• cordial
• amicable
• affable
• benignant
• well-disposed

resisting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of resist

as in opposing

to refuse to give in to

it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems

Synonyms & Similar Words

• opposing
• withstanding
• fighting
• repelling
• defying
• bucking
• combating
• thwarting
• countering
• battling
• contesting
• challenging
• contradicting
• hindering
• obstructing
• stemming
• contending (with)
• disputing
• balking
• checking
• frustrating
• foiling
• baffling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• bowing (to)
• succumbing (to)
• surrendering (to)
• stooping (to)
• giving in (to)
• capitulating (to)
• knuckling under (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resisting

Adjective

There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Verb

Burgess has been arrested seven times in the last 10 years, with charges including criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, criminal sale of marijuana, and gang assault. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

That same day, another federal district judge in a separate case in California barred DOJ from threatening election workers with criminal prosecution for refusing to stop processing ballots or resisting other demands. — Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

Nicole Bottiglierivega Miami-Dade Corrections Nicole Bottiglierivega, 42, faces charges of third-degree grand theft, contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child, criminal mischief, and resisting an officer without violence. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Set in the Atacama Desert, Boggioni’s debut feature follows Manuel and twelve others resisting their village’s final eviction. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Judges failing to award fees and government agencies unreasonably resisting paying them make the problem even worse. — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

That included publicly instructing police to use lethal force on criminals resisting arrest or attacking civilians. — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

The plan may be seen as illustrating an argument that developing countries are resisting pressure to choose camps in the growing competition between Washington and Beijing. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

And have not the same reasons prevented the State from resisting the Union, which have prevented them from resisting the State? — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026