Synonyms: resistance, opposition
Definition: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
Usage: he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens; despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
Similar words: action
Definition: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Usage: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
Synonyms: resistance
Definition: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
Usage: the enemy offered little resistance
Similar words: action, military action
Definition: a military engagement
Usage: he saw action in Korea
Synonyms: resistance
Definition: group action in opposition to those in power
Similar words: group action
Definition: action taken by a group of people
Synonyms: resistance, resistor
Definition: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
Similar words: electrical device
Definition: a device that produces or is powered by electricity
Synonyms: resistance
Definition: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
Similar words: unwillingness, involuntariness
Definition: the trait of being unwilling
Usage: his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made; in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton
Synonyms: resistance
Definition: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
Similar words: deadness, unresponsiveness
Definition: the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
Usage: she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident; in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
Synonyms: resistance, underground
Definition: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
Similar words: revolutionary group
Definition: a political unit organized to promote revolution
Synonyms: resistance
Definition: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
Similar words: mechanical phenomenon
Definition: a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects
Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance, impedance
Definition: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
Similar words: electrical phenomenon
Definition: a physical phenomenon involving electricity
Synonyms: resistance
Definition: the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
Usage: these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog
Similar words: capability, capacity
Definition: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
Usage: the capability of a metal to be fused
Synonyms: resistance, immunity
Definition: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Similar words: condition, status
Definition: a state at a particular time
Usage: a condition (or state) of disrepair; the current status of the arms negotiations