resistance: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 12 letter points · starts with R · ends with E
Meaning of resistance
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
Example: widespread resistance to the new urban development plans
- countable, uncountable
A force that tends to oppose motion.
- countable, uncountable
Electrical resistance.
- countable, uncountable
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
Listed forms: resistances, resistaunce, resistence.
Source: Wiktionary — resistance.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for resistance.
noun
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
noun
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- electric resistance
- electrical resistance
- impedance
- resistivity
- ohmic resistance
noun
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
noun
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is resistance in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of resistance
R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + I(1) + S(1) + T(1) + A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of resistance
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from resistance
711 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in resistance. Showing up to 24, longest first.