reluctance

Synonyms

disinclination, hesitance, hesitancy, reticence, unwillingness;

Antonyms

inclination, willingness;

Near Antonyms

assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety;

Related Words

faltering, fence-sitting, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, staggering, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling);

distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty;