Reluctant

//ɹɪˈlʌktənt//

Synonyms for "reluctant" (133 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Adjective(1 words)
disinclined

Strong matches (40)

Adjective(2 words)
grudgingloath
Adjective(2 words)
loathloth

Related words (66)

Adjective(2 words)
restiffrisk-averse

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

3 entries

derived from

1 entries

related to

7 entries

similar

7 entries

Translations

75 translations across 39 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries
  • неахво́тны adj (not wanting to take some action)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • неохо́тен adj (not wanting to take some action)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 不情願 /不情愿 adj (not wanting to take some action)

Czech

2 entries
  • neochotný adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • zdráhající se adj (not wanting to take some action)

Dutch

2 entries
  • aarzelend adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • schoorvoetend adj (not wanting to take some action)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malvolonta adj (not wanting to take some action)

Finnish

2 entries
  • haluton adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • vastahakoinen adj (not wanting to take some action)

French

4 entries
  • récalcitrant adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • réfractaire adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • réticent adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • rétif adj (not wanting to take some action)

German

3 entries
  • widerstrebend adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • widerwillig adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • zögernd adj (not wanting to take some action)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kelletlen adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • vonakodó adj (not wanting to take some action)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hlédrægur adj (not wanting to take some action)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • enggan adj (not wanting to take some action)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • reluctante adj (not wanting to take some action)

Irish

1 entries
  • drogallach adj (not wanting to take some action)

Italian

1 entries
  • riluttante adj (not wanting to take some action)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 嫌がる adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • 嫌な adj (not wanting to take some action)

Khmer

2 entries
  • រអាដៃ adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • អល់អែក adj (not wanting to take some action)

Korean

1 entries
  • 싫어하다 adj (not wanting to take some action)

Latin

1 entries
  • invītus adj (not wanting to take some action)

Manx

2 entries
  • neuarryltagh adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • neuwooiagh adj (not wanting to take some action)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • дургүй adj (not wanting to take some action)

Māori

4 entries
  • horokukū adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • korongata adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • kōroiroi adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • manauhea adj (not wanting to take some action)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • motvillig adj (not wanting to take some action)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • motviljug adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • motvillig adj (not wanting to take some action)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • lesc adj (not wanting to take some action)

Persian

1 entries
  • بیمیل adj (not wanting to take some action)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • looj adj (not wanting to take some action)

Polish

1 entries
  • niechętny adj (not wanting to take some action)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • relutante adj (not wanting to take some action)

Romanian

1 entries
  • reticent adj (not wanting to take some action)

Russian

2 entries
  • нежела́ющий adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • неохо́тный adj (not wanting to take some action)

Scots

3 entries
  • laith adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • sweer adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • sweirt adj (not wanting to take some action)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • aindeònach adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • leisg adj (not wanting to take some action)

Slovak

1 entries
  • neochotný adj (not wanting to take some action)

Spanish

4 entries
  • reacio adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • reluctante adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • renitente adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • renuente adj (not wanting to take some action)

Swedish

2 entries
  • motvillig adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • återhållsam adj (not wanting to take some action)

Turkish

3 entries
  • gönülsüz adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • hevessiz adj (not wanting to take some action)
  • isteksiz adj (not wanting to take some action)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • неохо́чий adj (not wanting to take some action)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • miễn cưỡng adj (not wanting to take some action)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Too long a holiday makes one reluctant to start work again.

Source: tatoeba (19839)

Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.

Source: tatoeba (43818)

The mother was reluctant to leave her children alone.

Source: tatoeba (44054)

George is reluctant to take on that difficult job.

Source: tatoeba (52961)

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