| insecurity(shame, doubt, reserve, embarrassment, timidity) | |
| intractableness | |
| involuntariness | |
| irresoluteness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering) | |
| lack of confidence(noun, expression, idiom, difficulty, anxiety) | |
| lack of desire(noun, expression, idiom, dislike, opposition) | |
| lack of zeal(expression, idiom) | |
| languor | |
| laziness | |
| leisureliness | |
| lentitude | |
| lentor | |
| loathness(noun, dislike, opposition, resistance, refusal) | |
| magnetic reluctance | |
| mistrust(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness) | |
| modesty(noun, control, shame, restraint, doubt) | |
| mulishness(noun, determination, purpose, obstinacy, stubbornness) | |
| mutinousness | |
| nausea(noun, dislike, unpleasant, disgusting, antipathy) | |
| negativism |
For more, visit
Reluctance on
Power Thesaurus
| APA | Smart Define. (2015). reluctance thesaurus. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/reluctance/thesaurus/synonyms |
| Chicago | Smart Define. 2015. "reluctance thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/reluctance/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 27, 2026). |
| Harvard | Smart Define 2015, reluctance thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 27 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/reluctance/thesaurus/synonyms>. |
| MLA | Smart Define. "reluctance thesaurus" 13 April 2015. Web. 27 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/reluctance/thesaurus/synonyms> |