| resonant | Having the ability to evoke or suggest enduring images, memories, or emotions | |
| resolute | Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering | |
| resilient | Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions | |
| resigned | Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about | |
| requisite | a thing that is necessary for the achievement of a specified end | |
| repugnant | Extremely distasteful; unacceptable | |
| repudiate | Refuse to accept or be associated with | |
| reprehensible | Deserving censure or condemnation | |
| replete | Filled or well-supplied with something | |
| repertoire | The whole body of items that are regularly performed or a list of works an artist or company can perform | |