Synonyms for Reluctant:

• adj.

  •adverse (adjective)
  • have no use for,
  • most opposite,
  • down on,
  • down side,
  • unpropitious,
  • allergic to.
  •afraid (adjective)
  • more uneager,
  • un-happy,
  • un-eager,
  • unhappy,
  • un-happiest,
  • un happiest,
  • most uneager,
  • un eager,
  • un happier,
  • un happy,
  • un-happier.
  •all (adjective)
  • reluctant.
  •averse (adjective)
  • dis liking,
  • dis-liking,
  • un-favorable,
  • most disliking,
  • anti-pathetic,
  • more illdisposed,
  • ill disposed,
  • un favorable,
  • more disliking,
  • anti pathetic,
  • most illdisposed,
  • illdisposed,
  • more ill disposed,
  • more ill-disposed,
  • most ill-disposed,
  • most ill disposed.
  •backward (adjective)
  • de-mure,
  • re served,
  • re-served,
  • re-tiring,
  • de mure,
  • re tiring.
  •balky (adjective)
  • obstinate,
  • in-tractable,
  • more negativistic,
  • un-predictable,
  • in flexible,
  • un predictable,
  • un-bending,
  • un manageable,
  • in tractable,
  • in-flexible,
  • stubborn,
  • most negativistic,
  • immovable,
  • un-manageable,
  • un bending.
  •chary (adjective)
  • safest,
  • SAFER,
  • uneasy.
  •diffident (adjective)
  • Unpoised,
  • dis trustful,
  • in securest,
  • timorous,
  • most unassured,
  • unassuming,
  • selfeffacing,
  • more unassured,
  • in-securer,
  • self conscious,
  • more rabbity,
  • un-assertive,
  • un-sure,
  • most rabbity,
  • more flinching,
  • un assured,
  • dis-trustful,
  • most unpoised,
  • more blenching,
  • in secure,
  • in-securest,
  • most unassertive,
  • most blenching,
  • more unassertive,
  • un-assured,
  • un poised,
  • un sure,
  • with drawn,
  • un-obtrusive,
  • self effacing,
  • un-poised,
  • un assuming,
  • un assertive,
  • un obtrusive,
  • in-secure,
  • more unpoised,
  • most flinching,
  • selfconscious,
  • with-drawn,
  • self-conscious,
  • shrinking,
  • un-assuming,
  • in securer.
  •disinclined (adjective)
  • not mood,
  • more balking,
  • un sympathetic,
  • most objecting,
  • most balking,
  • more objecting,
  • dis-inclined,
  • more shying,
  • pro testing,
  • most sticking,
  • not the mood,
  • not in mood,
  • un-sympathetic,
  • dis inclined,
  • most protesting,
  • most shying,
  • more sticking,
  • more protesting,
  • pro-testing.
  •dubious (adjective)
  • un trusty,
  • un trustworthy,
  • un likely,
  • un-likely,
  • un trustiest,
  • most trustless,
  • un clear,
  • un-convinced,
  • un dependable,
  • un trustier,
  • touch go,
  • un likelier,
  • un clearest,
  • un-clearest,
  • un-dependable,
  • un-clear,
  • un-reliable,
  • un-clearer,
  • un decided,
  • un reliable,
  • un-trustiest,
  • in decisive,
  • un-trusty,
  • un-decided,
  • more unconvinced,
  • fly by night,
  • un-likeliest,
  • most unconvinced,
  • Mootable,
  • dubitable,
  • in-decisive,
  • more trustless,
  • un-trustier,
  • un convinced,
  • untrustier,
  • un-trustworthy,
  • iffy,
  • far fetched,
  • un clearer,
  • untrustiest,
  • un likeliest,
  • un-likelier.
  •gingerly (adjective)
  • gingerly.
  •hesitant (adjective)
  • Half-hearted,
  • doubting,
  • de laying,
  • more faltering,
  • most faltering,
  • most dawdling,
  • more dawdling,
  • half hearted,
  • de-laying.
  •indisposed (adjective)
  • in-disposed,
  • un-caring,
  • most uninclined,
  • un inclined,
  • more uninclined,
  • in disposed,
  • un caring,
  • un-inclined.
  •involuntary (adjective)
  • more begrudging,
  • most unprompted,
  • willless,
  • re-flexest,
  • most grudging,
  • more uncalculated,
  • most will-less,
  • be grudging,
  • more willless,
  • most will less,
  • un thinking,
  • un meditated,
  • un calculated,
  • most reflexive,
  • un-premeditated,
  • re flexer,
  • un witting,
  • more will-less,
  • un-calculated,
  • in-voluntary,
  • be-grudging,
  • most willless,
  • re flexest,
  • re-flex,
  • re flex,
  • more unprompted,
  • in voluntary,
  • un-meditated,
  • un-thinking,
  • un conscious,
  • un-controlled,
  • kneejerk,
  • un intentional,
  • more reflexive,
  • most uncalculated,
  • un-witting,
  • un prompted,
  • most begrudging,
  • re-flexer,
  • un controlled,
  • un-prompted,
  • un-conscious,
  • un-intended,
  • more grudging,
  • most unmeditated,
  • will less,
  • un intended,
  • more unmeditated,
  • un-intentional,
  • more will less.
  •irreconcilable (adjective)
  • most clashing,
  • dis-sonant,
  • un-appeasable,
  • in-congruous,
  • in-compatible,
  • in compatible,
  • dis sonant,
  • in consistent,
  • un appeasable,
  • in-harmonious,
  • most intransigent,
  • more clashing,
  • un-compromising,
  • hardline,
  • in-consistent,
  • in-exorable,
  • in harmonious,
  • in congruous,
  • un compromising.
  •opposing (adjective)
  • averse.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • vacillant,
  • unwilling,
  • uneager,
  • diametrically opposed,
  • untrusty,
  • involuntary,
  • reflexive,
  • negativistic,
  • unassertive,
  • unsocial,
  • loath,
  • unassured,
  • slow,
  • hard line,
  • ill-disposed,
  • Shying,
  • having no use for,
  • Trustless,
  • tentative,
  • unprompted,
  • not in the mood,
  • chary,
  • touch and go,
  • will-less,
  • hesitant,
  • balky,
  • uncalculated,
  • irreconcilable,
  • ashamed,
  • adverse,
  • diffident,
  • dubious,
  • lacking confidence,
  • slowgoing,
  • uneffusive,
  • rabbity,
  • afraid,
  • backward,
  • shy,
  • uninclined,
  • unconvinced,
  • Unmeditated.
  •shy (adjective)
  • recessive,
  • introvert,
  • most unsocial,
  • most introvert,
  • un-effusive,
  • more uneffusive,
  • un-responsive,
  • un-social,
  • un responsive,
  • un social,
  • un effusive,
  • most uneffusive,
  • more introvert,
  • more unsocial.
  •slow (adjective)
  • slowest,
  • snaillike,
  • slow-footed,
  • slow-paced,
  • slow-moving,
  • gradual,
  • slow-going,
  • tortoiselike.
  •slow-footed (adjective)
  • slowfooted,
  • slow footed.
  •slow-going (adjective)
  • slow going.
  •slow-paced (adjective)
  • slowpaced,
  • slow paced.
  •unenthusiastic, unwilling (adjective)
  • cautious,
  • calculating,
  • disheartened,
  • recalcitrant,
  • discouraged,
  • indisposed,
  • tardy,
  • squeamish,
  • circumspect,
  • opposed.
  •unwilling (adjective)
  • uncooperative,
  • unhelpful,
  • unwishful,
  • unaccommodating,
  • defiant,
  • unconsenting,
  • unyielding,
  • against the grain,
  • non-consenting,
  • contrary,
  • unready,
  • Resisting,
  • noncooperative,
  • uncomplying,
  • unobliging,
  • uncheerful.
  •vacillant (adjective)
  • shillyshally.
  •vacillatory (adjective)
  • Vacillatory.

• n.

  •
  • affective,
  • acutely,
  • blind,
  • deep,
  • bitter,
  • burning,
  • depth,
  • deep-seated,
  • basic,
  • casual.
  •disinclined (noun)
  • resistant,
  • slack,
  • queasy,
  • hanging back,
  • uncertain,
  • hesitating,
  • remiss,
  • laggard,
  • leery,
  • wary,
  • with bad grace,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • Demurring.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • quality.
  •reluctant (noun)
  • loth,
  • disinclined.
  •zealous (noun)
  • willing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • grudging.
  •
  • unprepared.

Paraphrases for Reluctant:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    unwilling, hesitant, reticent, loath.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    recalcitrant, resistant, willing, inclined, reticence, wary, cautious, averse, refractory, restrained, sceptical, ready, rejects, undecided, eager, timid, unlikely, prepared, refusal, keen, prone, difficult, likely, resilient, afraid, tentative, reserved, anxious, questionable, opposed.

Antonyms for Reluctant:

• adj.

  • unenthusiastic, unwilling
    bold, anxious, heedless, eager, ready, confident, willing, uncareful, indiscreet, rash, incautious, enthusiastic, careless, definite.
  • Other antonyms:
    decided, sure, favorable, happy, desirous, certain, glad, unquestioning.

Homophones for Reluctant:

• relaxation method.