Synonyms for alacrity
əˈlæk rɪ tialacrity

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1. alacritynoun

   Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiasm, eagerness, willingness, avidity

   Antonyms:
   apathy, disinclination, indifference, reluctance, hesitance

2. alacritynoun

   Promptness; speed.

   Synonyms:
   celerity, promptness, haste, swiftness, briskness, quickness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. alacrity

   Synonyms:
   quickness, readiness, briskness, activity, cheerfulness, compliance, willingness, promptitude

   Antonyms:
   slowness, reluctance, repugnance

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1. 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

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1. • Liveliness

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1. alacritynoun

   Synonyms:
   readiness, promptitude, alertness, agility, activity, quickness, eagerness

2. alacritynoun

   Synonyms:
   sprightliness, gayety, cheerfulness, hilarity, vivacity, liveliness, high spirits, good spirits

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1. List of paraphrases for "alacrity":

   eagerness, promptness, willingness

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How to use alacrity in a sentence?

1. John Kilduff:

   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.

2. Megan Crandall:

   In no way is there any intention whatsoever to let this languish, our intention is to move forward with as much alacrity as possible.

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   Government never furthered any enterprise but the alacrity with which it got out of the way.