Antonyms for reluctance
rɪˈlʌk tənsre·luc·tance

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1. reluctance

   Antonyms:
   desire, readiness, willingness, promptitude, alacrity, welcome, forwardness, eagerness

   Synonyms:
   aversion, repugnance, unwillingness, dislike, regret, misgiving

Matched Categories

1. • Electrical Phenomenon
   • Physics
   • Unwillingness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. reluctancenoun

   (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

   Synonyms:
   hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, disinclination

2. reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indispositionnoun

   a certain degree of unwillingness

   "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"

   Synonyms:
   disinclination, hesitance, hesitation, falter, wavering, indisposition, faltering, vacillation, waver, hesitancy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reluctancenoun

   Synonyms:
   unwillingness, disinclination, aversion

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. permeability

   in magnetism of materials

   iron has high permeability . steel has lower permeability--more reluctance to accepting the magnetic field

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use reluctance in a sentence?

1. Chris Carrs:

   Dan took his responsibilities to the hospital and to the legal system seriously, it was with reluctance but integrity that he moved the process forward.

2. Christopher Krebs:

   We are the advocate within the government for the researcher community, the private sector, kind of team internet, there are still clearly... some that still have reluctance to engage with the government.

3. Cristian Maggio:

   As the macroeconomic environment deteriorates - and it will deteriorate as that is an unavoidable consquence of falling foreign direct investment and tourism - you will see more reluctance to invest in Turkish securities.

4. Douglas Van Daele:

   Part of their reluctance was in allowing patients to view their records, diagnostics and medical information that they may not initially know how to decipher, another was in giving patients the ability to contact their doctors directly.

5. John McCain:

   It was heartbreaking because it seemed to me that the uniqueness of the Senate had been irreparably damaged, and along with it, any hope of restoring meaningful bipartisanship, i will do so with great reluctance—not because I have any doubts that Judge Gorsuch will be an excellent Justice, but because of the further damage, perhaps irreparable, it will do to the Senate.

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