Synonyms for averse
əˈvɜrsaverse

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1. averseadjective

   Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

   Synonyms:
   disliking, disinclined, loath, fromward, unwilling, reluctant

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1. averse

   Reluctant (Latin re, back, and lucto, strive, struggle) signifies struggling against what one is urged or impelled to do, or is actually doing; averse (Latin a, from, and verto, turn) signifies turned away as with dislike or repugnance; loath (Anglo-Saxon lath, evil, hateful) signifies having a repugnance, disgust, or loathing for, tho the adjective loath is not so strong as the verb loathe. A dunce is always averse to study; a good student is disinclined to it when a fine morning tempts him out; he is indisposed to it in some hour of weariness. A man may be slow or backward in entering upon that to which he is by no means averse. A man is loath to believe evil of his friend, reluctant to speak of it, absolutely unwilling to use it to his injury. A legislator may be opposed to a certain measure, while not averse to what it aims to accomplish. Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   backward, disinclined, indisposed, loath, opposed, reluctant, slow, unwilling

   Antonyms:
   desirous, disposed, eager, favorable, inclined, willing

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1. averse

   Synonyms:
   hostile, disinclined, indisposed, repugnant, backward, unwilling, reluctant, loath

   Antonyms:
   ready, disposed, eager, prone, inclined, desirous

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1. antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed

   "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"

   Antonyms:
   inclined(p)

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1. averseadjective

   Synonyms:
   unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath, backward, adverse, opposed

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1. averseadjective

   Synonyms:
   disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath

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1. Aaron David Miller:

   He is going to be hammered -- and he already is on the campaign trail by Republicans who argue, 'See, Mr. President, you identified this as a JV organization, you are risk averse. What if this had been an American aircraft?

2. Bill E Ford:

   Taxes are going up, under almost any administration. I'm not averse to it because I believe that we've got to get our fiscal house in order and our economy back on track . . . I think those most able to pay the higher tax ought to probably pay a larger share.

3. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   Investors are increasingly becoming risk-averse and shifting to safe-haven defensive shares from cyclical stocks.

4. Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay:

   I am averse to that idea.

5. Adrian Lee:

   If anyone has made money in this environment, it is by being risk averse quite quickly, to some extent, there was a very gradual response to all the information that was coming out of China. So we went risk averse from the end of February and we still are.