resistant

[ri-zis-tuhnt]

adjective

1. exhibiting or offering resistance; resisting (often used in combination).

   stain-resistant;

   resistant to change.

noun

1. a person or thing that resists.

Other Word Forms

• resistantly adverb
• antiresistant adjective
• antiresistantly adverb
• unresistant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of resistant¹

1590–1600; < Middle French resistant, present participle of resister to resist; -ant

Example Sentences

Researchers also plan to investigate whether certain stars are resistant to the disease, opening the door to breeding animals that are more resilient.

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“This makes these ‘superbug’ bacteria very hard to treat because they’re resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics we have,” Gohil said.

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Once treated, these animals may carry antibodies to the virus that makes them resistant to reinfection, at least temporarily.

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Although that figure dropped to 71,000 last year, experts are increasingly worried about a small but growing number of antibiotic resistant cases.

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Even Israel’s much-vaunted arms industry, which has used the war in Gaza as proof-of-concept for its wares and has proven to be relatively resistant to opprobrium, is being affected.

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Related Words

• immune 
• invulnerable