[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

resistant \resist"ant\ -ant, a. f. r'esistant: cf. l.
   resistens. see resist.
   making resistance; resisting. -- n. one who, or that which,
   resists. --bp. pearson.
   1913 webster
see also:
resist 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

resistant
     adj 1: relating to or conferring immunity to disease or infection
            syn: immune
     2: incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion"
     3: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
        syn: insubordinate, resistive
     4: incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent
        fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
        syn: repellent
see also:
immune insubordinate resistive repellent 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

182 moby thesaurus words for "resistant":
   against, airtight, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, averse,
   ballproof, beyond control, bombproof, bony, breachy, breakaway,
   bulletproof, burglarproof, cartilaginous, cement, cemental, chewy,
   clashing, cohesive, complaining, concrete, conflicting,
   contradicting, contradictory, contumacious, coriaceous, corneous,
   corrosionproof, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive,
   countervailing, counterworking, cranky, crotchety, cursory,
   dampproof, defiant, dense, diamondlike, differing, disagreeing,
   disinclined, disobedient, disputatious, disputing, dissentient,
   dissenting, dissident, durable, dure, fibrous, fire-resisting,
   fireproof, flameproof, flintlike, flinty, foolproof, forced,
   fractious, granitelike, granitic, gristly, hard, hard as nails,
   hardhearted, hardy, hermetic, holeproof, horny, hostile, immovable,
   immune, impervious, impervious to, incorrigible, indisposed,
   indocile, indomitable, inimical, insuppressible, intractable,
   intransigent, involuntary, iron-hard, ironlike, irrepressible,
   lapideous, lasting, leakproof, leatherlike, leathery, lithoid,
   lithoidal, marble, marblelike, mutinous, noiseproof, nonconformist,
   noncooperative, nonsusceptible to disease, obdurate, objecting,
   obstinate, obstreperous, obstructive, on the barricades, opposed,
   opposing, oppositional, oppugnant, osseous, out of hand,
   perfunctory, perverse, proof, proof against, protesting,
   punctureproof, reactionary, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory,
   reluctant, renitent, repellent, repugnant, resisting, resistive,
   restive, retardant, retardative, revolutionary, rocklike, rocky,
   ropy, rustproof, shatterproof, shedding, shellproof, shrewish,
   sinewy, solid, soundproof, steellike, steely, stiff, stonelike,
   stony, stringy, strong, stubborn, sulky, sullen, tenacious, tight,
   tough, tough as leather, unaffected, unbiddable, uncompliant,
   unconsenting, uncontrollable, uncooperative, ungovernable,
   unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive,
   untiring, unwilling, unyielding, up in arms, vigorous, viscid,
   watertight, weatherproof, wild, wiry, withstanding

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