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Definition of Resister
1. Noun. Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take.
Generic synonyms: Controversialist, Disputant, Eristic
Specialized synonyms: Naysayer, Stonewaller
Derivative terms: Obstruct, Obstructionism, Obstruct, Resist, Thwart
2. Noun. Someone who offers opposition.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Dueler, Duelist, Dueller, Duellist, Enemy, Foe, Foeman, Opposition, Luddite, Withstander
Specialized synonyms: Antichrist
Antonyms: Agonist
Derivative terms: Antagonism, Antagonism, Antagonism, Antagonistic, Opponent, Oppose, Oppose, Oppose, Oppose, Oppose, Resist
Definition of Resister
1. n. One who resists.
Definition of Resister
1. Noun. a person who resists going along with others in a common course of action ¹
2. Noun. a person who fights against the government ¹
3. Noun. in electronics, a device that bars the passage of an electric charge between two points ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resister
1. one that resists [n -S] - See also: resists
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resister
Literary usage of Resister
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electric Furnace by John Norman Pring (1921)
"The resister RR is constructed of corrugated plates as illustrated in Fig.
176, where the end section of each plate is shown at A, the side section at B, ..."
2. The Electric Furnace by John Norman Pring (1921)
"The resister RR is constructed of corrugated plates as illustrated in Fig.
176, where the end section of each plate is shown at A, the side section at B, ..."
3. Steel Thermal Treatment, by John W. Urquhart (1922)
"These troughs, which are rectangular in shape and open at the top, are filled
with resister material, consisting of broken carbon or graphite, ..."
4. Report on the Ocoee and Hiwassee Mineral District by Joseph Buckner Killebrew (1876)
"It is also a good fire-resister, having been used in the construction of a blast
furnace. As is the case with all real slates, it splits perpendicular, ..."
5. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1906)
"This was soon abandoned for a furnace in which the charge is heated by means of
a suitable resister. A carborundum furnace using a 750-kw. current is a ..."
6. A Treatise on the Augustinian Doctrine of Predestination by James Bowling Mozley (1883)
"Le libre arbitre, qui peut toujours resister a la grace, mais qui ne le veut pas.
. . . La grace ne blesse pas le pouvoir qu'on a de resister si on le veut. ..."
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