resist
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
elude, especially in a baffling way
This behavior defies explanation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- lend oneself antonym
Sense 2 verb
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
Types & categories
- fight down hypernym
- stand out hyponym
- stand up hyponym
- outbrave hyponym
- hold off hyponym
- remain firm hyponym
- defy hyponym
Related & opposite
- surrender antonym
- resistance derivation
- holdout derivation
- defender derivation
- holdout derivation
- insubordinate derivation
Sense 3 verb
express opposition through action or words
dissent to the laws of the country
Types & categories
- controvert hypernym
- walk out hyponym
- march hyponym
- rebel hyponym
- renegade hyponym
Related & opposite
- protest derivation
- protester derivation
- protester derivation
- dissentinga derivation
- protestant derivation
- insubordinate derivation
Sense 4 verb
withstand the force of something
The trees resisted her
Types & categories
- fight down hypernym
Related & opposite
- stand derivation
- fender derivation
- fender derivation
- fender derivation
- cowcatcher derivation
- repellent derivation
- remain firm verb group
Sense 5 verb
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
His body rejected the liver of the donor
Types & categories
- react hypernym
Related & opposite
- resistant derivation
Sense 6 verb
refuse to comply
Types & categories
- disobey hypernym
Related & opposite
- resistance derivation
- antagonist derivation
- balker derivation
- obstructor derivation
- insubordinate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | lend oneself |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | elude |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beggar |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | surrender |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | defender |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insubordinate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | outbrave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | remain firm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | defy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissentinga |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | protestant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insubordinate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | controvert |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | march |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | renegade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stand |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fender |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fender |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fender |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cowcatcher |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | remain firm |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | react |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonist |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | balker |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstructor |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | insubordinate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | disobey |