What are some opposite words for alacrity?
Antonyms for alacrity
əˈlæk rɪ tialacrity
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alacritynoun
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
Antonyms:
apathy, disinclination, indifference, reluctance, hesitanceSynonyms:
enthusiasm, eagerness, willingness, avidityalacritynoun
Promptness; speed.
Synonyms:
celerity, promptness, haste, swiftness, briskness, quickness
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
alacrity
Antonyms:
slowness, reluctance, repugnanceSynonyms:
quickness, readiness, briskness, activity, cheerfulness, compliance, willingness, promptitude
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Princeton's WordNet
alacrity, briskness, smartnessnoun
liveliness and eagerness
"he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
Synonyms:
smart, stylishness, chichi, chicness, smartness, last word, brightness, briskness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, cleverness
How to use alacrity in a sentence?
It's the same witches brew of bullish stuff: Iran, Venezuela, the lack of alacrity by Saudi Arabia to bring more oil onto the market.
Government never furthered any enterprise but the alacrity with which it got out of the way.
In no way is there any intention whatsoever to let this languish, our intention is to move forward with as much alacrity as possible.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#25345 | indifference | |
#25834 | reluctance | |
#28609 | apathy | |
#53531 | slowness | |
#84429 | alacrity | |
#143011 | repugnance | |
#164981 | disinclination | |
#287442 | hesitance |
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