nonresistant
Accepting without struggle
Nonresistant describes someone or something that does not resist—yielding rather than opposing.
A nonresistant population submits to authority without fighting back.
In biology, nonresistant strains of bacteria or plants lack defenses against specific threats: The crop was nonresistant to blight.
The term often implies passive acceptance or vulnerability.
Readily yielding to control
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- meekHumbly unassertive
unassertive · obedient · deferential · resigned · tame · biddable · dutiful · subdued
Anti-violence believer
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- peaceableAverse to strife
- GandhiIndian independence leader
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
Quaker · conscientious objector · ahimsa · satyagraha · pacifism · antiwar · dovish · reconciling
Open to attack
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- exposedOut in open
- openNot closed
unguarded · unshielded · permeable · penetrable · unfortified · unimmunized · predisposed · prone
Facing no rivals
- unobstructedHaving no barriers
- unimpededFree from obstruction
- unhinderedNot held back
- unchallengedFacing no opposition
undisputed · unrestricted · unblocked · unchecked · unfought · unprotested · undefended
submissive
Readily yielding to control
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- docileEasily controlled or taught
meek · unassertive · obedient · deferential · resigned · tame · biddable · dutiful · subdued · tractable
pacifist
Anti-violence believer
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- peaceableAverse to strife
- GandhiIndian independence leader
civil disobedience · Quaker · conscientious objector · ahimsa · satyagraha · pacifism · antiwar · dovish · reconciling · noncombatant
vulnerable
Open to attack
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- exposedOut in open
open · unguarded · unshielded · permeable · penetrable · unfortified · unimmunized · predisposed · prone · receptive
uncontested
Facing no rivals
- unobstructedHaving no barriers
- unimpededFree from obstruction
- unhinderedNot held back
unchallenged · undisputed · unrestricted · unblocked · unchecked · unfought · unprotested · undefended
nonresistantresistant
Withstanding external forces
defiant · resisting · rebellious · insubordinate · disobedient
nonresistantresistant
Withstanding external forces
unsusceptible · immune · impervious · invulnerable · impenetrable
nonresistantcombative
Inclined toward conflict
resister · fighting · militant · belligerent · aggressive