What is another word for unwilling?
503 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʌnwˈɪlɪŋ], [ ʌnwˈɪlɪŋ], [ ʌ_n_w_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for unwilling:
- adverse (adjective)
- afraid (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- averse (adjective)
- backward (adjective)
- forced (adjective)
- hesitant (adjective)
- indifferent (adjective)
- intolerant (adjective)
- involuntary (adjective)
- irresolute (adjective)
- negative (adjective)
- not in the mood (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- recalcitrant (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- unwilling (adjective)
- vacillant (adjective)
- backward (noun)
- habitual (noun)
- nonvoluntary (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- involuntary
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Unwilling:
adj.
• adverse (adjective) • afraid (adjective)- un happier,
- un-happy,
- un-eager,
- un eager,
- more uneager,
- dis inclined,
- un-happier,
- un-happiest,
- in disposed,
- un happiest,
- in-disposed,
- unhappy,
- dis-inclined,
- most uneager,
- un happy.
- dis-liking,
- anti pathetic,
- un-favorable,
- illdisposed,
- more disliking,
- dis liking,
- most illdisposed,
- more ill disposed,
- more ill-disposed,
- most ill disposed,
- anti-pathetic,
- more illdisposed,
- most ill-disposed,
- ill disposed,
- un favorable,
- most disliking.
- more conscripted,
- more compelled,
- be-grudging,
- insincere,
- un-natural,
- in-sincere,
- in-flexible,
- most conscripted,
- most grudging,
- most coerced,
- more begrudging,
- in flexible,
- in sincere,
- more grudging,
- most compelled,
- most begrudging,
- in sincerest,
- be grudging,
- in sincerer,
- in-sincerer,
- more coerced,
- in-sincerest,
- slavest.
- more faltering,
- un-sure,
- un predictable,
- more dawdling,
- in decisive,
- Half-hearted,
- un sure,
- un-predictable,
- de-laying,
- most dawdling,
- half hearted,
- doubting,
- de laying,
- in-decisive,
- most faltering.
- disinterested,
- lukewarm,
- detached,
- impartial,
- perfunctory,
- dispassionate,
- uninterested,
- indifferent,
- cool,
- nonchalant,
- passive,
- insouciant,
- unconcerned,
- apathetic,
- neutral,
- easygoing,
- cold,
- uncaring.
- more racialist,
- more short fuse,
- shortfuse,
- onesided,
- un charitable,
- more chauvinistic,
- narrow minded,
- unindulgent,
- more worked up,
- out raged,
- more outraged,
- un-charitable,
- most outraged,
- more xenophobic,
- most communist,
- most chauvinistic,
- most unindulgent,
- most xenophobic,
- un-fair,
- un sympathetic,
- un-fairest,
- smallminded,
- more worked-up,
- narrowminded,
- most short fuse,
- most worked up,
- most shortfuse,
- workedup,
- un fairest,
- more workedup,
- un fairer,
- un-fairer,
- most workedup,
- un-forbearing,
- in tolerant,
- small minded,
- more shortfuse,
- un indulgent,
- more tilted,
- un fair,
- more short-fuse,
- un-indulgent,
- in-tolerant,
- most tilted,
- up-set,
- tilted,
- most racialist,
- xenophobic,
- more unindulgent,
- one sided,
- out-raged,
- un forbearing,
- most worked-up,
- most short-fuse,
- more communist,
- individualistic.
- most reflexive,
- un witting,
- in voluntary,
- re flexer,
- un thinking,
- most unprompted,
- un-controlled,
- more uncalculated,
- un calculated,
- un-meditated,
- un-calculated,
- un-witting,
- willless,
- re flex,
- kneejerk,
- most will-less,
- re-flex,
- un intended,
- un controlled,
- will less,
- un-prompted,
- re flexest,
- most uncalculated,
- most willless,
- un prompted,
- more will less,
- most will less,
- un-thinking,
- un-intentional,
- un conscious,
- un-intended,
- more unprompted,
- most unmeditated,
- un-conscious,
- re-flexer,
- un intentional,
- re-flexest,
- more willless,
- un-premeditated,
- in-voluntary,
- un meditated,
- more will-less,
- more reflexive,
- more unmeditated.
- irresponsible,
- inconsistent,
- irresolute,
- insipid,
- tentative,
- spineless,
- shrinking,
- indecisive,
- erratic,
- vacillating,
- Flitting,
- watery,
- capricious,
- Shilly-shally,
- impulsive,
- undecided,
- unresolved,
- weak,
- yellow,
- uncertain,
- volatile,
- unsure,
- undependable,
- fly-by-night,
- shifty,
- infirm,
- dillydallying,
- ambivalent,
- fickle,
- changeable,
- double-minded,
- halfhearted.
- opposed,
- unwishful,
- uncooperative,
- slow,
- compelled,
- uninclined,
- begrudging,
- unobliging,
- unaccommodating,
- uncheerful.
- involuntary,
- short-fuse,
- ill-disposed,
- loath,
- vacillant,
- racialist,
- uneffusive,
- conscripted,
- reflexive,
- afraid,
- insubmissive,
- chauvinistic,
- unprompted,
- negative,
- forced,
- uncalculated,
- having no use for,
- intolerant,
- adverse,
- hesitant,
- backward,
- unassertive,
- undisciplinable,
- lacking confidence,
- recalcitrant,
- Unmeditated,
- up set,
- unassured,
- unsocial,
- shy,
- will-less,
- uneager,
- worked-up.
- in tractable,
- in-submissive,
- un-disciplinable,
- most insubmissive,
- most withstanding,
- most undisciplinable,
- more insubmissive,
- with standing,
- un-manageable,
- un manageable,
- more withstanding,
- un disciplined,
- more undisciplinable,
- un disciplinable,
- in subordinate,
- in submissive,
- with-standing,
- in-subordinate,
- un-disciplined,
- in-tractable,
- un-governable.
- self effacing,
- un effusive,
- dis-trustful,
- un-assured,
- dis trustful,
- more unsocial,
- selfeffacing,
- more uneffusive,
- introvert,
- un social,
- more introvert,
- most uneffusive,
- un assured,
- more unassured,
- un-social,
- un-assertive,
- most introvert,
- un-responsive,
- most unsocial,
- recessive,
- more unassertive,
- un assertive,
- un responsive,
- un-effusive,
- most unassured.
n.
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•
- chary,
- unprepared.
- unready,
- shy of,
- Demurring,
- slack,
- malcontent,
- evasive,
- Flinching,
- against the grain,
- indocile,
- wayward,
- laggard,
- doubtful,
- hesitating,
- remiss,
- Against.
- deign,
- contrary,
- perverse,
- averse,
- have,
- bring,
- drag,
- protest,
- shagged,
- rather,
- cagey,
- fag,
- reluctance,
- unruly,
- disobliging,
- sufferance,
- unenthusiastic,
- balk,
- closed,
- jib,
- reluctant,
- intractable,
- blench,
- fractious,
- grudge,
- blow,
- grudging,
- stubborn,
- resistant,
- indisposed,
- begrudge,
- disinclined,
- sticky,
- compassion fatigue,
- mood,
- loth,
- baulk,
- jobsworth,
- bother,
- willy-nilly,
- spirit,
- indisposition,
- unmanageable,
- heart,
- disinclination,
- arsed,
- stomach,
- refractory.
Other synonyms:
• involuntary • Other relevant words (noun):- unsought,
- deaf to,
- fearful,
- panicky,
- cowardly,
- circumspect,
- compulsive,
- apprehensive,
- conditioned,
- antagonistic,
- nolens volens,
- edgy,
- sulky,
- disagreeing,
- timid,
- unpersuadable,
- instinctive,
- admonitory,
- disliked,
- antipathetic,
- Avoiding,
- scrupulous,
- reticent,
- unthinking,
- of necessity,
- nervous,
- ordered,
- differing,
- unintended,
- unwilled,
- unwitting,
- at odds,
- unconscious,
- uncompliant,
- unable,
- grudgingly,
- wild,
- opposing,
- Unattempted,
- content,
- anxious,
- wary,
- blind,
- repugnant,
- disobedient,
- coy,
- restive,
- runaway,
- be unwilling,
- dislike,
- unvoluntary,
- intimidated,
- Extorted,
- autonomic,
- unintentional,
- Dissuaded,
- cautious,
- perforce,
- Coerced,
- rejective,
- scruple,
- unwillingly,
- discontented,
- reflex,
- sullen,
- poorly,
- bashful,
- elusive,
- retiring,
- Willy nilly,
- jumpy,
- fugitive,
- of course,
- Nill,
- leery,
- induce,
- noncompliant,
- diffident,
- mechanical,
- Uncomplaisant,
- careful,
- pusillanimous,
- Uninduced,
- complaining,
- reluctantly,
- fastidious,
- timorous,
- Declinatory,
- Restiff,
- cursory,
- jittery,
- Vacillatory,
- mutinous,
- necessarily.
How to use "Unwilling" in context?
When we speak of someone who is unwilling, what do we mean? Generally speaking, if someone is unwilling to do something, they are not in a state of mind where they are willing to do it. In fact, they may be quite opposed to it. Sometimes this opposition can be subtle, while other times it can be more overt. In any case, unwillingness can have a lot to do with why someone is doing something.
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Equivalence
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
willing.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
eager, hesitant, inclined, involuntary, keen, prepared, refusal, refuse, reticent, unable, unintended, unintentional, unlikely, unwitting, Denied, Disallowed.
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Adjective
ready, recalcitrant, unprepared.
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