Meanings
adjectiveresistible (comparative more resistible, superlative most resistible)
comparative more resistible · superlative most resistible
- Able to be resisted.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectivecapable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Italic*sistō
- Latinsistō
- Latinresistere
- Anglo-Normanresister
- Middle Englishresisten
- Englishresist
- Englishresistible
Translations
Catalan resistible
- resistibleable to be resisted
Czech odolatelný
- odolatelnýable to be resisted
French résistible
- résistibleable to be resisted
Hungarian ellenállható, leküzdhető
- ellenállhatóable to be resisted
- leküzdhetőable to be resisted
Italian resistibile
- resistibileable to be resisted
Portuguese resistível
- resistívelable to be resisted
Romanian rezistibil
- rezistibilable to be resisted
Spanish resistible
- resistibleable to be resisted
Cite this entry
APA
resistible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resistible
MLA
“resistible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resistible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resistible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resistible.
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