Definitions for resistant

resistant re·sist·ant

Spelling: [ri-zis-tuh nt]
IPA: /rɪˈzɪs tənt/

Resistant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 600 anagrams from letters in resistant (aeinrsstt).

Definitions for resistant

noun

  1. a person or thing that resists.

adjective

  1. resisting.

Origin of resistant

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

Examples for resistant

Breeding a resistant strain can take five generations of plants, and 15 years.

After all, caste is the most resistant feature of our politics, so why not just make it the basis for states formation?

She's wonderful but she gets up entirely too early every morning and is way too resistant to going to bed at night.

Like those of Vulpina, the roots are slender, hard and resistant to phylloxera.

And what could her campaign achieve among the Americans most resistant to expanded end-of-life options?

Being heavy and resistant to weathering, they are also concentrated in placers.

Brook trout are, apparently, the least resistant to the salt.

Unfortunately, the upper echelons of the Republican Party are resistant to change, but that is what needs to happen.

resistant, she knew she was beaten, and from fear of darkness turned to fear of light.

We may often select the resistant form to great advantage (see Fig. 119).

Word Value for resistant
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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