non-resistant

1. 1.

   a reformer who believes in passive resistance

   Synonymspassive resister

   Broaderreformer

Questions about non-resistant

What does non-resistant mean?

non-resistant means "a reformer who believes in passive resistance".

How many syllables are in non-resistant?

non-resistant has 4 syllables: non--re-si-stant. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for non-resistant?

Close synonyms include passive resister. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is non-resistant a common word?

non-resistant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.