English

Noun

resistant ‎(plural resistants)

1. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
2. A thing which resists.

Translations

Adjective

resistant ‎(comparative more resistant, superlative most resistant)

1. Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
2. Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.

   The infection is resistant to antibiotics.

3. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

Derived terms

• acid-resistant
• fire-resistant
• resistantly

Translations

See also

• robust

References

• resistant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• straitens

Latin

Verb

resistant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of resistō