| Main Entry: | imperviousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance |
Synonyms: |
battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, immunity, impedance, impediment, impeding, insusceptibility, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, unsusceptibility, warding off, watch, withstanding |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiffness |
Synonyms: |
compactness, density, durability, fixedness, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness, impliability, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance, rigidity, solidity, temper, tensile strength, toughness |
Antonyms: |
flexibility, softness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | thick skin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to withstand |
Synonyms: |
apathy, armor, callousness, elephant skin, formidable defenses, hard shell, imperviousness, numbness, rhinoceros hide, thick hide, thick shell, unfeelingness |
| Main Entry: | tolerance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance |
Synonyms: |
immunity, imperviousness, insusceptibility, unsusceptibility |
| Main Entry: | insusceptibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance |
Synonyms: |
battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, immunity, impedance, impediment, impeding, imperviousness, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, unsusceptibility, warding off, watch, withstanding |
| Main Entry: | unsusceptibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resistance |
Synonyms: |
blocking, check, immunity, imperviousness, insusceptibility, protection, safeguard, screen, shield |