ADJ
- considerable, great, stiff, strong, substantial
- determined, fierce, heroic, serious, spirited, stubborn
- effective
- token
- active
- passive
- collective, organized
- widespread
- armed, military
- political
- popular, public
- guerrilla, peasant
VERB + RESISTANCE
- mount, offer, put up
- They mounted stiff resistance to the proposal
- encounter, meet (with), run into
- The advancing army met with little resistance
- break (down), crush, overcome
RESISTANCE + NOUN
- movement
- fighter, forces, group, leader, worker
PREP
- without ~
- The attacks did not take place without resistance
- ~ against
- armed resistance against the Nazis
- ~ to
- There was fierce resistance to the new laws
PHRASES
- the line/path of least resistance (= the easiest way of doing sth), a pocket of resistance (= an area of resistance)
ADJ
- high
- low
- disease
- antibiotic, drug
VERB + RESISTANCE
- have
- build up, develop
- You need to build up your resistance to colds
- lower
PREP
- ~ to
- Aids lowers the body's resistance to infection