1. resistant - Noun
2. resistant - Adjective
3. resistant - Adjective Satellite
Making resistance; resisting.
One who, or that which, resists.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDisbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses. Gabriel García Márquez
Because of the hegemony of fundamentalist religion in the United States, this country has been among the most resistant to the fact of human evolution. Jerry Coyne
Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in water, so in war it is difficult for normal efforts to achieve even moderate results. Carl von Clausewitz
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings. Harry Seidler
Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant. Gustave Flaubert
A man of character is resistant to temptation. Hungarian Proverb