RESISTANCES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

resistances

noun

plural of resistance

as in oppositions

the inclination to resist after some initial resistance, the city council warmed up to the proposed development plan

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as in undergrounds

a secret organization in a conquered country fighting against enemy forces soldiers from the resistance were captured after a skirmish outside the foreign ministry

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Recent Examples of resistances Thornton’s latest work has the potential to reach more audiences precisely because of the Huckleberry Finn-like spirit of its Kid and Max saga, giving more folks the opportunity to learn about colonialist histories and indigenous resistances in the lands down under. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026 Instead, in most analog AI schemes, the weights are stored in one of several types of nonvolatile memory as a conductance value (the resistances above). — IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025

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Noun

Mars delivers excitement during its oppositions every couple of years.

— Damian Peach, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
There was a July 29 deadline for people to submit oppositions to the petitions to deny ABC’s license renewals, and there is an August 5 deadline for replies to the opposition filings.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

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Two of the three objections against Macías and Sigcho-Lopez were filed by people who had circulated primary petitions for Patty García.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The City Council voted it down, and the mayor's opponents passed an alternate budget plan over his objections.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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