resist
Definitions
Verb
- Elude, especially in a baffling way
- Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
- Express opposition through action or words
- Withstand the force of something
- Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- Refuse to comply
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "resist".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resistance | 3 | 48 |
| 2 | resist | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | resisted | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | irresistible | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | resistors | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | resistant | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | resisting | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | irresistibly | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | resists | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | resistence | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | resistiveness | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "resist".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produced | 2 | 90 |
| 2 | greatest | 2 | 88 |
| 3 | reduced | 2 | 79 |
| 4 | promised | 2 | 45 |
| 5 | released | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | protest | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | processed | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | reversed | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | rehearsed | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | traversed | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | professed | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | richest | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | brightest | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | gravest | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | greenest | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | grimaced | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | prefaced | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | provost | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | recessed | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | bravest | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | briefest | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | broadest | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | cruelest | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | prevost | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | proudest | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | rejoiced | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | rightist | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | roughest | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | shrewdest | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | armrest | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | brownest | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | druggist | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | freshest | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | grimmest | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | precast | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | premised | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | racist | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | rapist | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | rarest | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | rearrest | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | recast | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | reddest | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | retest | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | riposte | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | rivest | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | robust | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | rudest | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | trappist | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | trivest | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "resist".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | 1 | 163 |
| 2 | resisted | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | resistors | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | resisting | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | resistant | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | resides | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | resins | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | respite | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | resists | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | resigns | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | reist | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | desist | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | rist | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | ress | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | reservist | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | reit | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | reis | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | revisit | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | resnais | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | reister | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "resist" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "resist" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to resist | 1 | 4 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "resist" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "resist".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 11
Sound Alikes: 49
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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