273 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˈʌnwˈɪlɪŋ], [ ˈʌnwˈɪlɪŋ], [ ˈʌ_n_w_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_ŋ]

Similar words for un-willing:

• adverse (adjective)
• afraid (adjective)
• averse (adjective)
• backward (adjective)
• forced (adjective)
• hesitant (adjective)
• intolerant (adjective)
• involuntary (adjective)
• loath (adjective)
• negative (adjective)
• recalcitrant (adjective)
• shy (adjective)
• unwilling (adjective)
• vacillant (adjective)
• vacillatory (adjective)

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Synonyms for Un-willing:

• adj.

  • adverse (adjective)
  • stuffy,
  • Oppugning,
  • unfriendly,
  • opposing,
  • allergic to,
  • injurious,
  • unpropitious,
  • have no use for,
  • unlucky,
  • detrimental,
  • inopportune,
  • disadvantageous,
  • unwilling,
  • conflicting,
  • unfortunate,
  • inimical,
  • down side,
  • opposite,
  • ornery,
  • repugnant,
  • negative,
  • down on.
  • afraid (adjective)
  • unhappy,
  • sorry,
  • hesitant.
  • averse (adjective)
  • allergic,
  • nasty,
  • having no use for,
  • unfavorable,
  • hostile,
  • antipathetic,
  • perverse,
  • Disliking,
  • antagonistic,
  • ill-disposed.
  • backward (adjective)
  • wavering,
  • retiring,
  • humble,
  • tardy,
  • diffident,
  • sluggish,
  • timid,
  • demure,
  • reserved,
  • late,
  • modest.
  • forced (adjective)
  • contrived,
  • mandatory,
  • peremptory,
  • unnatural,
  • obligatory,
  • insincere,
  • stringent,
  • rigid,
  • wooden,
  • inflexible,
  • coercive,
  • Coerced,
  • artificial,
  • affected,
  • slave,
  • factitious,
  • constrained,
  • false,
  • binding,
  • bound,
  • enforced,
  • conscripted,
  • labored,
  • stiff.
  • hesitant (adjective)
  • lacking confidence,
  • lazy,
  • indecisive,
  • Delaying,
  • skeptical,
  • irresolute,
  • unsure,
  • Half-hearted,
  • tentative,
  • faltering,
  • vacillating,
  • dawdling,
  • doubtful,
  • unpredictable,
  • hanging back,
  • doubting,
  • halting.
  • intolerant (adjective)
  • one-sided,
  • contemptuous,
  • small-minded,
  • dictatorial,
  • bigoted,
  • outraged,
  • unforbearing,
  • individualistic,
  • unfair,
  • jaundiced,
  • racist,
  • waspish,
  • upset,
  • worked-up,
  • illiberal,
  • indignant,
  • uncharitable,
  • narrow-minded,
  • chauvinistic,
  • biased,
  • racialist,
  • conservative,
  • disdainful,
  • tilted,
  • unsympathetic,
  • dogmatic,
  • fractious,
  • unindulgent,
  • snappy,
  • communist,
  • obdurate,
  • short-fuse,
  • fanatical,
  • irate,
  • irritable,
  • hateful,
  • xenophobic,
  • narrow.
  • involuntary (adjective)
  • compulsory,
  • reflex,
  • Unmeditated,
  • instinctive,
  • unprompted,
  • uncalculated,
  • unintended,
  • unwitting,
  • unthinking,
  • unintentional,
  • automatic,
  • impulsive,
  • conditioned,
  • knee-jerk,
  • unconscious,
  • reflexive,
  • blind,
  • uncontrolled,
  • unpremeditated,
  • spontaneous,
  • will-less,
  • instinctual,
  • habitual.
  • loath (adjective)
  • Resisting,
  • counter.
  • negative (adjective)
  • colorless,
  • unaffirmative,
  • Denying,
  • Privative,
  • removed,
  • Nullifying,
  • adverse,
  • counteractive,
  • naysaying,
  • con,
  • invalidating,
  • cynical,
  • Abrogating,
  • Disallowing,
  • balky,
  • Neutralizing,
  • Disavowing,
  • pessimistic,
  • Annulling,
  • gloomy,
  • anti,
  • resistive,
  • Contravening,
  • dissentient,
  • dissenting,
  • Gainsaying,
  • nugatory,
  • uninterested,
  • weak,
  • Rejecting,
  • recusant,
  • Impugning,
  • Refusing.
  • recalcitrant (adjective)
  • indomitable,
  • insubmissive,
  • unmanageable,
  • untoward,
  • defiant,
  • wild,
  • contumacious,
  • undisciplined,
  • insubordinate,
  • rebellious,
  • Withstanding,
  • radical,
  • undisciplinable,
  • obstinate,
  • willful,
  • ungovernable,
  • stubborn,
  • unruly,
  • intractable.
  • shy (adjective)
  • conscious,
  • unsocial,
  • circumspect,
  • unresponsive,
  • introvert,
  • shamefaced,
  • bashful,
  • nervous,
  • unassertive,
  • fearful,
  • suspicious,
  • unassured,
  • introverted,
  • chary,
  • sheepish,
  • skittish,
  • recessive,
  • coy,
  • self-effacing,
  • cautious,
  • apprehensive,
  • reticent,
  • distrustful,
  • loner,
  • wary,
  • uneffusive.
  • unwilling (adjective)
  • compelled,
  • shy,
  • grudging,
  • unwishful,
  • uneager,
  • malcontent,
  • recalcitrant,
  • opposed,
  • resistant,
  • hesitating,
  • contrary,
  • slow,
  • disinclined,
  • loath,
  • unready,
  • reluctant,
  • remiss,
  • disobliging,
  • forced,
  • refractory,
  • indisposed,
  • unaccommodating,
  • against the grain,
  • uncooperative,
  • backward,
  • shrinking,
  • uncheerful,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • involuntary,
  • begrudging,
  • indocile,
  • wayward,
  • unobliging,
  • slack,
  • averse,
  • Against,
  • uninclined,
  • laggard,
  • Demurring,
  • evasive,
  • afraid.
  • vacillant (adjective)
  • Vacillatory,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • pendulous.
  • vacillatory (adjective)
  • vacillant.

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