[syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Resister \Re*sist"er\ (-?r), n.
One who resists.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
resister
n 1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that
others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor,
obstructer, resister, thwarter]
2: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary,
antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant:
agonist]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "resister":
bitter-ender, brawler, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient,
dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigant,
naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist,
obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, plaintiff, protester,
quarreler, scrapper, wrangler