Synonyms for averse
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Disinclined — having a repugnance or opposition of mind
disinclined, loath, reluctant, opposed, unwilling, loth, hostile, indisposed, antipathetic, antipathetical, fromward, backward dated
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
The board is not averse to further talks.
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- Word family
- averseness avert aversion
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re, back, and lucto, strive, struggle) signifies struggling against what one is urged or impelled to do, or is actually doing; averse (L. 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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- opposed He is vehemently opposed to political correctness.
- reluctant Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.
- loath AI companies are loath to reveal their secret sauce.
- disinclined I am not at all disinclined to have a glass of good wine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| averse | rising | |
| opposed | steady | |
| reluctant | steady | |
| loath | steady | |
| disinclined | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- loth1
- 5 letters
- loath1
- 7 letters
- opposed2, hostile2
- 8 letters
- backward2, fromward, aversant
- 9 letters
- reluctant3, unwilling3
- 10 letters
- indisposed
- 11 letters
- disinclined3
- 12 letters
- antipathetic
- 14 letters
- antipathetical
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (opposed2 = 2 syllables).