Antonyms for reluctant
rɪˈlʌk təntre·luc·tant

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1. reluctantadjective

   Synonyms:
   disinclined, unwilling

2. reluctantadjective

   Opposing; offering resistance (to).

   Synonyms:
   unwilling, disinclined

3. reluctantadjective

   Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.

   She was reluctant to lend him the money

   Synonyms:
   disinclined, unwilling

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1. reluctant

   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.

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

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

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1. reluctant

   Antonyms:
   willing, inclined, eager, forward

   Synonyms:
   averse, unwilling, disinclined, loth, backward

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1. loath, loth, reluctantadjective

   unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

   "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"

   Antonyms:
   eager, inclined(p), willing

   Synonyms:
   loth(p), indisposed(p), loath, loath(p), averse(p), loth, antipathetic, antipathetical

2. reluctantadjective

   disinclined to become involved

   "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"

   Antonyms:
   willing, eager, inclined(p)

   Synonyms:
   loth, loath

3. reluctantadjective

   not eager

   "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"

   Antonyms:
   eager, inclined(p), willing

   Synonyms:
   loth, loath

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1. reluctantadjective

   Synonyms:
   disinclined, unwilling, averse, loath, indisposed

How to use reluctant in a sentence?

1. Andrew Chamberlain:

   They might be reluctant to leave those new sectors and move back over into Darden Restaurants -LRB- DRI -RRB- because of the turmoil over the past year.

2. Tyrone Parker:

   The culture of our communities has been reluctant to support or work with the police by virtue of the treatment and the behavior that has occurred within our community, there's a distrust. It has developed into a code of conduct within our communities.

3. Matt Pierce:

   They'll be reluctant to because they think it will put a scarlet letter on them and cause problems.

4. George Murdock:

   We have plenty and enough vaccine but very reluctant citizens -- almost half of the people here are not choosing to get a vaccine.

5. Chuzy:

   Don't ever feel reluctant to make contributions,they might have said it all,but they can't say it exactly the way you would.

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