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

And that’s something Erivo is more than capable of delivering while resisting the temptation to showboat, even when the writing lets her down. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Vlasac is also charged with one count of resisting an officer with violence and one count of battery on an officer, firefighter or EMT, according to online jail records. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

And as the cops try to arrest them, only to realize their own jails aren’t accessible, the film expresses perfectly how the government trips over its own feet while resisting inevitable change. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Imagine trying not to blink, resisting the urge to sneeze or refusing to scratch an intense itch. — Michael Okun, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

The man is being held at the Chippewa County Jail and has been charged with operating under the influence of drugs, resisting and obstructing a police officer, assaulting a police officer and malicious destruction of police property. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

The cinema owners, in turn, have done their share of resisting Netflix titles, namely over the company’s refusal to give them a standard period of exclusivity before moving to streaming. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Bossell is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, third-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and tampering with a motor vehicle in connection with the death of 29-year-old Graham Hoffman. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

İnönü, resisting advice from military leaders to ignore the result, resigned from the presidency and took up a new role as the leader of the opposition in the parliament. — Nick Taborall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026