Dictionary Check: resist

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"resist" is a valid word!

Scrabble 6 points
Words with Friends 6 points

Definition

verb

elude, especially in a baffling way

Example: "This behavior defies explanation"
Synonyms:
defy refuse
verb

stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

Synonyms:
hold out withstand stand firm
Antonyms:
surrender
verb

express opposition through action or words

Example: "dissent to the laws of the country"
Synonyms:
protest dissent
verb

withstand the force of something

Example: "The trees resisted her"
Synonyms:
stand fend
verb

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

Example: "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
Synonyms:
reject refuse
verb

refuse to comply

Synonyms:
balk baulk jib

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Anagrams of "resist"

reists resits sister stires
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