Wear-resistant
adj.resilient, capableprofessional
What it means
Able to withstand frequent use without serious damage.
Reach for it when describing material designed to retain function despite repeated friction or use
Wear-resistant flooring kept the busy clinic entrance looking fresh.
Choose between these
5- everyday
long service life is the broad benefit
not when Durability includes impacts, weather, and aging.
- everyday
everyday toughness suits consumer language
not when Hard-wearing is not a defined laboratory rating.
- everyday
the outcome matters more than the mechanism
not when Long life can result from light use.
- warm
plain praise for resistance to damage is enough
not when Toughness may involve flexibility rather than surface wear.
- professional
abrasion-resistant
rubbing and scraping are the tested hazards
not when Abrasion resistance does not cover fatigue or corrosion.
Said against
3- fragile
- abrasion-prone
- short-lived
It naturally appears in
3- wear-resistant surface
The wear-resistant surface survived thousands of trolley passes.
- wear-resistant fabric
Wear-resistant fabric reinforced the knees without restricting movement.
- highly wear-resistant
The replaceable liner is highly wear-resistant under dry grit.
Where this comes from
Wear-resistant is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for resistant, and the definition and example here are written for Wear-resistant itself.
- Wiktionary, the entry for resistant, English adjective resistant, able to withstand something, used of wear opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.