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. Theodore Johnson:

   Older black voters tend to be more pragmatic, wanting to protect gains that have been realized to date, younger voters tend to be more ideological and open to disruption and are less risk-averse.

2. James Jay:

   Truth be told the U.S. response was largely shaped by the disaster of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the administration approached the crisis in Ukraine with an incremental, risk-averse response.

3. Craig Erlam:

   With Trump picking fights on multiple fronts and no sides showing any willingness to back down, we may have to get used to this risk-averse environment in the near-term.

4. Alan Gayle:

   We have been and will remain relatively risk-averse while this correction period runs its course, brexit may extend that period of risk aversion, but we will continue to follow our investment process of selecting quality companies and assets with healthy upside potential growth.

5. Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay:

   I am averse to that idea.