run-resistant

1. 1.

   (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders

   Synonymsrunproofladder-proof

   Similarimpervious

Questions about run-resistant

What does run-resistant mean?

run-resistant means "(of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders".

How many syllables are in run-resistant?

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

What is another word for run-resistant?

Close synonyms include runproof, ladder-proof. 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 run-resistant a common word?

run-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.