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resistance
Overview of noun resistance
The noun resistance has 10 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (6) resistance, opposition -- (the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead")
2. (4) resistance -- (any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion)
3. (2) electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance -- (a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms)
4. (1) resistance -- (the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance")
5. immunity, resistance -- ((medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease)
6. underground, resistance -- (a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force)
7. resistance -- (the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria))
8. resistance -- ((psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness)
9. resistor, resistance -- (an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current)
10. resistance -- (group action in opposition to those in power)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun resistance
10 senses of resistance
Sense 1
resistance, opposition
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
resistance
=> mechanical phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
=> electrical phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
resistance
=> military action, action
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
immunity, resistance
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
underground, resistance
=> revolutionary group
=> political unit, political entity
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
resistance
=> unresponsiveness, deadness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
resistance
=> unwillingness, involuntariness
=> disposition, temperament
=> nature
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
=> electrical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 10
resistance
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun resistance
7 of 10 senses of resistance
Sense 1
resistance, opposition
=> lockout
=> reaction
=> anti-takeover defense
Sense 2
resistance
=> friction, rubbing
=> acoustic resistance, acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance
=> drag, retarding force
Sense 3
electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
=> ohmage
Sense 5
immunity, resistance
=> immunogenicity
=> acquired immunity
=> natural immunity, innate immunity
Sense 6
underground, resistance
=> Maquis
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
=> ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
=> potential divider, voltage divider
=> rheostat, variable resistor
Sense 10
resistance
=> confrontation, opposition
=> sales resistance
=> defiance
=> dispute, contravention
=> obstructionism
=> protest, objection, dissent
=> rebellion
=> insubordination, rebelliousness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun resistance
10 senses of resistance
Sense 1
resistance, opposition
=> action
Sense 2
resistance
=> mechanical phenomenon
Sense 3
electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
=> electrical phenomenon
Sense 4
resistance
=> military action, action
Sense 5
immunity, resistance
=> condition, status
Sense 6
underground, resistance
=> revolutionary group
Sense 7
resistance
=> unresponsiveness, deadness
Sense 8
resistance
=> unwillingness, involuntariness
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
=> electrical device
Sense 10
resistance
=> group action
Antonyms of noun resistance
Member Holonyms of noun resistance
Substance Holonyms of noun resistance
Part Holonyms of noun resistance
1 of 10 senses of resistance
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
PART OF: circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
Member Meronyms of noun resistance
Substance Meronyms of noun resistance
Part Meronyms of noun resistance
Meronyms of noun resistance
Holonyms of noun resistance
1 of 10 senses of resistance
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
PART OF: circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
Attributes of noun resistance
Derived Forms of noun resistance
5 of 10 senses of resistance
Sense 4
resistance
RELATED TO>(verb) resist#2
=> resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
Sense 5
immunity, resistance
RELATED TO>(adj) resistant#1
=> immune, resistant
Sense 7
resistance
RELATED TO>(adj) resistant#1
=> immune, resistant
Sense 8
resistance
RELATED TO>(adj) resistant#3
=> resistant
Sense 10
resistance
RELATED TO>(adj) resistant#4
=> insubordinate, resistant, resistive
RELATED TO>(verb) resist#6
=> resist, balk, baulk, jib
Domain of noun resistance
4 of 10 senses of resistance
Sense 4
resistance
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Sense 5
immunity, resistance
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Sense 7
resistance
TOPIC>(noun) bacteria#1, bacterium#1
Sense 8
resistance
TOPIC>(noun) psychiatry#1, psychopathology#2, psychological medicine#1
Domain Terms of noun resistance
Familiarity of noun resistance
resistance used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun resistance
10 senses of resistance
Sense 1
resistance, opposition
> action
=> thing
=> kindness, benignity
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> alienation
=> res gestae
=> course, course of action
=> interaction
=> fetch
=> playing
=> play, swordplay
=> arrival
=> performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
=> choice, selection, option, pick
=> change
=> economy, saving
=> prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
=> resistance, opposition
=> bruxism
=> transfusion
=> pickings, taking
=> transgression
=> aggression, hostility
=> destabilization, destabilisation
=> employment, engagement
=> reference, consultation
=> emphasizing, accenting, accentuation
=> beatification
=> jumpstart, jump-start
=> stupefaction
=> vampirism
Sense 2
resistance
> mechanical phenomenon
=> inertia
=> leverage, purchase
=> sound
=> trajectory, flight
=> resistance
Sense 3
electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
> electrical phenomenon
=> amperage
=> capacitance, electrical capacity, capacity
=> elastance, electrical elastance
=> charge, electric charge
=> pyroelectricity
=> current, electric current
=> dielectric heating
=> induction, inductance
=> electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
=> conductance
=> electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
=> reactance
=> reluctance
=> skin effect
=> distortion
=> electrical disturbance
=> voltage, electromotive force, emf
Sense 4
resistance
> military action, action
=> amphibious landing
=> battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> blockade, encirclement
=> defense, defence, defensive measure
=> electronic warfare, EW
=> police action
=> resistance
=> saber rattling, sabre rattling
=> sortie, sally
=> war, warfare
Sense 5
immunity, resistance
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 6
underground, resistance
> revolutionary group
=> underground, resistance
Sense 7
resistance
> unresponsiveness, deadness
=> frigidity, frigidness
=> resistance
Sense 8
resistance
> unwillingness, involuntariness
=> reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
=> resistance
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
> electrical device
=> antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial
=> attenuator
=> ballast, light ballast
=> battery, electric battery
=> bimetallic strip
=> brush
=> capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser
=> cell, electric cell
=> circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
=> control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel
=> distributor, distributer, electrical distributor
=> electrograph
=> electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, Wimshurst machine, Van de Graaff generator
=> filter
=> flasher
=> fuse, electrical fuse, safety fuse
=> inductor, inductance
=> jack
=> load
=> plug, male plug
=> precipitator, Cottrell precipitator
=> reactor
=> rectifier
=> relay, electrical relay
=> resistor, resistance
=> security system, security measure, security
=> Segway, Segway Human Transporter, Segway HT
=> solar array, solar battery, solar panel
=> spark arrester
=> spark plug, sparking plug, plug
=> suppressor, suppresser
=> transducer
=> transformer
=> transponder
=> zapper
Sense 10
resistance
> group action
=> vote
=> procession
=> military action, action
=> conflict, struggle, battle
=> revolution
=> social activity
=> communalism
=> confederation, alliance
=> decolonization, decolonisation
=> disbandment
=> disestablishment
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> stampede
=> social control
=> coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover
=> internationalization, internationalisation
=> nationalization, nationalisation
=> exchange
=> rally, exchange
=> submission, compliance
=> competition, contention, rivalry
=> resistance
=> nonresistance
=> due process, due process of law
=> action
=> legalization, legalisation, legitimation
=> separation
=> integration, integrating, desegregation
=> cooperation
=> brainstorming
=> assembly, assemblage, gathering
=> attendance, attending
=> nonattendance
=> return, paying back, getting even
=> democratization, democratisation
=> engagement, participation, involvement, involution
=> non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
=> ethnic cleansing
=> socialization, socialisation
HAS INSTANCE=> Restoration
Meronyms of noun resistance
10 senses of resistance
Sense 6
underground, resistance
=> revolutionary group
=> political unit, political entity
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 8
resistance
=> unwillingness, involuntariness
=> disposition, temperament
HAS PART: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
HAS PART: uncheerfulness
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
=> electrical device
HAS PART: terminal, pole
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun resistance
1 of 10 senses of resistance
Sense 9
resistor, resistance
PART OF: circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
PART OF: electronic equipment
Grep of noun resistance
acoustic resistance
electric resistance
electrical resistance
first of october antifascist resistance group
islamic resistance movement
least resistance
line of least resistance
lord's resistance army
nonresistance
nonviolent resistance
ohmic resistance
passive resistance
path of least resistance
piece de resistance
resistance
resistance pyrometer
resistance thermometer
resistance unit
sales resistance
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