resist

Other forms of resist

past tense

resisted·

present participle

resisting·

third person

resists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about resist

What does resist mean?

resist means "elude, especially in a baffling way". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in resist?

resist has 2 syllables: re-sist. The stress falls on "sist". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈzɪst/.

What is another word for resist?

Close synonyms include defy, refuse, hold out, withstand, stand firm. 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.

What is the opposite of resist?

The recorded antonyms are surrender.

Is resist a common word?

resist is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with resist?

3 words rhyme with resist. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.