Adjective: resistant ri'zis-tunt
- Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
"The resistant strain of bacteria survived the antibiotic treatment";
- immune
- Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
"the new hybrid is more resistant to drought";
- tolerant
- Impervious to being affected
"resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"
- Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
"The resistant group protested against the new regulations";
- insubordinate, resistive
- Incapable of absorbing or mixing with
"plastic highly resistant to steam and water";
- repellent
See also: defiant, imperviable, impervious, insusceptible, nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive, noncompliant, tolerable, unsusceptible
Encyclopedia: Resistant