nonresistant C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌnɑnrɪˈzɪstənt/ UK /ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj offering no resistance; not resistant The pacifist sect was wholly nonresistant to the soldiers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · offering no resistance; not... unresistingyieldingsubmissivepassivecompliantpacifist ↔ Opposites resistantdefiantopposing Word family Related forms resistantresistresistance Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + resistant, from Latin resistere ('to stand back, oppose'), from re- ('back') + sistere ('to take a stand'). non Latin resistere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nonresistant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnrɪˈzɪstənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt/ ## Meanings 1. offering no resistance; not resistant ## Examples - The pacifist sect was wholly nonresistant to the soldiers. ## Synonyms - unresisting - yielding - submissive - passive - compliant - pacifist ## Antonyms - resistant - defiant - opposing ## Related Forms - resistant - resist - resistance ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: resistere ## Etymology From non- ('not') + resistant, from Latin resistere ('to stand back, oppose'), from re- ('back') + sistere ('to take a stand'). ## AI Etymology Nonresistant is from non- ('not') + resistant, from Latin resistere ('to stand back, oppose'), from re- ('back') + sistere ('to take a stand'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and resistere (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers offering no resistance; not resistant. The wider family includes related words such as resistant, resist, and resistance. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown