'Resister' definitions:
Definition of 'resister'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter]
noun
Someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist]
Definition of 'Resister'
From: GCIDE
- Resister \Re*sist"er\ (-?r), n. One who resists. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'resister'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bitter-ender,
- brawler,
- defendant,
- diehard,
- disputant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- last-ditcher,
- litigant,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- plaintiff,
- protester,
- quarreler,
- scrapper,
- wrangler
Words containing 'Resister'
- Resist,
- Resistance,
- Resistant,
- Resisted,
- Resistful,
- Resistibility,
- Resistible,
- Resistibleness,
- Resistibly,
- Resisting,
- Resistive,
- resistivity,
- Resistance box,
- Resistance coil,
- Resistance frame,
- Resisting ly,
- Skin resistance,
- Unit of resistance,
- acoustic resistance,
- coefficient of resistance,
- electric resistance,
- electrical resistance,
- least resistance,
- nonviolent resistance,
- ohmic resistance,
- passive resistance,
- passive resister,
- repellent resistant,
- resistance pyrometer,
- resistance thermometer,
- resistance unit,
- resisting arrest,
- sales resistance,
- Ni-resist,
- Solid of least resistance,
- corrosion-resistant,
- crease-resistant,
- fire-resistant,
- fire-resisting,
- fire-resistive,
- islamic resistance movement,
- line of least resistance,
- lord's resistance army,
- moth-resistant,
- non-resistant,
- path of least resistance,
- penicillin-resistant,
- piece de resistance,
- rot-resistant,
- run-resistant,
- rust-resistant,
- water-resistant,
- wrinkle-resistant,
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes,
- ketosis-resistant diabetes,
- ni-resist iron,
- penicillin-resistant bacteria,
- penicillinase-resistant antibiotic,
- first of october antifascist resistance group,
- ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus,
- ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus