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. Martin Cooper:

   You could tell I was not averse to rubbing his nose in this thing. He was polite to me, to this day, Joel does not remember that phone call, and I guess I don’t blame him.

2. Kristi Watterberg:

   What we have seen with kids is that babies who are born preterm tend to be more risk averse and shy and more fearful, but on the other hand, we have seen that these kids tend to grow up and develop a good life, a life the kids and their parents are happy with.

3. Rory McIlroy:

   I'm not averse to having a chat on the way around, it's fine. It probably keeps both of us a little loose, but you can tell there's moments when to talk, and moments not to. And that was the case today as well.

4. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

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

5. Aaron David Miller:

   This is a risk-averse president who sets red lines he doesn’t enforce, there’s not a lot of inclination for heroic initiatives in what’s left.