All imperviousness synonyms

noun imperviousness

• intransigence — the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
• susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
• friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
• counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
• obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
• battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• shield — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• holding — an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip: Take hold. Do you have a hold on the rope?
• immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
• contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
• refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
• watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
• protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
• struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
• defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
• safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
• stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
• retardation — the act of retarding or state of being retarded.
• impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
• blocking — the interruption of anode current in a valve because of the application of a high negative voltage to the grid
• halting — Archaic. lame; limping.
• insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
• impeding — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• protecting — providing protection or shelter.
• withstanding — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• non-receptive — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
• unyielding — unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
• rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
• obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
• inflexibility — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
• impermeability — not permeable; impassable.
• resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
• invulnerability — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
• watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
• solidity — the state, property, or quality of being solid.