Noun

• S: (n) repellent, repellant (a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water)
• S: (n) repellent, repellant (a chemical substance that repels animals)
• S: (n) repellent, repellant (the power to repel) "she knew many repellents to his advances"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) power, powerfulness (possession of controlling influence) "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) repellent [Related to: repellent] (serving or tending to repel) "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
• W: (adj) repellent [Related to: repellent] (incapable of absorbing or mixing with) "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

Adjective

• S: (adj) rebarbative, repellent, repellant (serving or tending to repel) "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
• S: (adj) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky (highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust) "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"