1. a person who opposes or fights against something
2. an electrical component that opposes the flow of electric current
Usage: electronics

Examples

• The protesters were labeled as resisters by the government.
• She was a fierce resister of the new policy changes.
• Many resisters joined the underground movement during the war.
• The circuit needs a resister to control the current flow.
• He became a resister after witnessing the injustice firsthand.
• The resister in the device was causing it to overheat.