The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OPPOSE , but the solution may also be BUCK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Resist crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OPPOSE | 40 % | 6 |
| DEFY | 26 % | 4 |
| STEMTHETIDE | 9 % | 11 |
| BUCK | 5 % | 4 |
| TWISTEDSISTER | 5 % | 13 |
| TAKEASTAND | 2 % | 10 |
| BALK | 2 % | 4 |
| MAKEASTAND | 2 % | 10 |
| FORBEAR | 2 % | 7 |
| FIGHT | 2 % | 5 |
| FEND | 2 % | 4 |
| REBEL | 2 % | 5 |
Why may BUCK be the right solution?
The verb "buck" can mean to resist or oppose something, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Resist."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Resist
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- refuse
- withstand
- stand firm
- defy
- hold out
- dissent
- stand
- protest
- baulk
- jib
- balk
- resistor
Crossword Answer definitions
OPPOSE verb- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
- To object to.
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OPPOSE
- Measure against
- Bump heads with
- Act against
- Go against
- Stand against
- Go against the government in Parliament
- Be against
- Face down
- Fly in the face of
- Side against
More clues leading to the result DEFY
- Challenge
- Rise up against
- Meet head-on
- Stand up to
- Confound
- Resist boldly
- Flout
- Fly in the face of
- Resist, as authority
- Flout, as authority
More clues leading to the result STEMTHETIDE
- Resist
- Halt an assault
- Auburn sign at an Alabama game?
- Restrict activity
- Prevent further losses
- Avert disaster
- Resist a trend
- Stop a prevailing trend
- Slow an increase
- Check a force
More clues leading to the result BUCK
- "The ___ stops here"
- Bundy family pet in TV's "Married With Children"
- One bill
- Male rabbit
- Pass the ___
- "The Graduate" screenwriter Henry
- Emulate a bronco
- Imitate a bronco
- Greenback
- Resist strongly
More clues leading to the result TWISTEDSISTER
- '80s hard-rock quintet
- 129-Across?
- RESIST
- '80s hard rock quintet, and what's literally found in each set of circles
- Resist?
- See 59-Down
More clues leading to the result TAKEASTAND
- Choose sides
- Resist
- Make one's position known
- Voice one's opinion
- Declare one's position.
- Become firm
- What equivocators don't do
- Declare something boldly
- Get off the fence?
- Get off the fence
More clues leading to the result BALK
- Act the mule, maybe
- Umpire's decision
- Foil
- Pitcher's misstep
- Pitcher's error
- Pitcher's mistake
- Flinch
- Pitching infraction
- Refuse to cooperate
- Mound miscue
More clues leading to the result MAKEASTAND
More clues leading to the result FORBEAR
More clues leading to the result FIGHT
- Go toe-to-toe
- Puncher's chance?
- Duke it out
- Boxing match
- Ring event
- Brawl
- Compete in the boxing ring
- What a bully might provoke
- Box
- Perform on canvas in an arena
More clues leading to the result FEND
- __ off (resist)
- Try to resist
- Ward off
- Repel, with "off"
- Ward (off)
- Forestall, with "off"
- Provide, as for oneself
- Stave (off)
- ___ off (repel)
- ___ off (parry)