water-resistant

1. 1.

   hindering the penetration of water

   “a water-repellent coat”

   Synonymswater-repellent

   Similarimpermeable

Questions about water-resistant

What does water-resistant mean?

water-resistant means "hindering the penetration of water".

How many syllables are in water-resistant?

water-resistant has 5 syllables and divides as wa-ter--re-si-stant under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for water-resistant?

Close synonyms include water-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.