resist
1. elude, especially in a baffling way (Freq. 12)
- This behavior defies explanation
• Syn:
defy, refuse
• Ant:
lend oneself (for: defy)
• Hypernyms:
elude, escape
• Hyponyms:
beggar
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something (Freq. 11)
• Syn:
hold out, withstand, stand firm
• Ant:
surrender
• Derivationally related forms:
withstander (for: withstand), holdout (for: hold out), resistive, resistant, resistance
• Hypernyms:
fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
• Hyponyms:
stand out, stand up, outbrave, hold off, stand,
remain firm, defy, withstand, hold, hold up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. express opposition through action or words (Freq. 2)
- dissent to the laws of the country
• Syn:
protest, dissent
• Derivationally related forms:
dissentient (for: dissent), dissent (for: dissent), dissenter (for: dissent), resistive, resistant, protestant (for: protest), protest (for: protest), protester (for: protest)
• Hypernyms:
oppose, controvert, contradict
• Hyponyms:
strike, walk out, demonstrate, march, rebel,
arise, rise, rise up, renegade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. withstand the force of something (Freq. 1)
- The trees resisted her
- stand the test of time
- The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow
• Syn:
stand, fend
• Derivationally related forms:
fender (for: fend), stand (for: stand), resistant
• Hypernyms:
fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
• Verb Group:
stand, remain firm
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. refuse to comply
• Syn:
balk, baulk, jib
• Derivationally related forms:
baulker (for: baulk), balker (for: balk), resistive, resistant, resister, resistance
• Hypernyms:
disobey
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- They resist moving
6. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- His body rejected the liver of the donor
• Syn:
reject, refuse
• Derivationally related forms:
resistant
• Hypernyms:
react, respond
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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