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alacrity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of alacrity

cheerful readiness to do something

having just acquired his driverʼs license that morning, the teen agreed with alacrity to drive his cousin to the airport

Synonyms of alacrity

amenability, gameness, goodwill, obligingness, willingness

Words Related to alacrity

celerity, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness

dispatch, promptitude, promptness

ardor, avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, exuberance, fervor, gusto, keenness, relish, zeal, zest

agreeableness, geniality, good-naturedness, heartiness, warmth

open-mindedness, receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness

Near Antonyms of alacrity

leisureliness, pokiness, slowness, sluggishness

apathy, disinterestedness, halfheartedness, indifference, lukewarmness, perfunctoriness

delay, dilatoriness, doubt, equivocation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance, reservation, reticence, uncertainty, vacillation

disinclination, indisposition, recalcitrance, resistance, unwillingness

antipathy, averseness, aversion

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