resistant

Questions about resistant

What does resistant mean?

resistant means "relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in resistant?

resistant has 3 syllables: re-sis-tant. The stress falls on "sis". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈzɪstənt/.

What is another word for resistant?

Close synonyms include immune, tolerant, insubordinate, resistive, repellent. 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 resistant a common word?

resistant is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 resistant?

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