resistive

1. 1.

   exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance

   “resistive load”
2. 2.

   disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

   Synonymsinsubordinateresistant

   Similardefiant

Questions about resistive

What does resistive mean?

resistive means "exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in resistive?

resistive has 3 syllables: re-si-stive. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for resistive?

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

resistive 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.