Synonyms of alacrity

alacrity

noun

ə-ˈla-krə-tē 

as in willingness

cheerful readiness to do something

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• willingness
• enthusiasm
• zeal
• goodwill
• swiftness
• amenability
• celerity
• rapidity
• speed
• quickness
• promptness
• gameness
• promptitude
• eagerness
• obligingness
• fervor
• responsiveness
• exuberance
• gusto
• zest
• speediness
• dispatch
• geniality
• warmth
• relish
• avidity
• ardor
• heartiness
• agreeableness
• receptivity
• receptiveness
• keenness
• good-naturedness
• open-mindedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowness
• indifference
• sluggishness
• hesitation
• apathy
• delay
• reluctance
• disinterestedness
• doubt
• uncertainty
• reticence
• lukewarmness
• vacillation
• hesitancy
• resistance
• reservation
• dilatoriness
• equivocation
• hesitance
• unwillingness
• leisureliness
• disinclination
• indisposition
• pokiness
• recalcitrance
• halfheartedness
• perfunctoriness
• antipathy
• aversion
• averseness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of alacrity

But the play gets away with it, due both to the fiery conviction of Belawadi’s and Mudaliyar’s performances and to the spacious, non-mimetic alacrity of Flack’s staging. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024

In contrast, its air campaign in Lebanon has so far been carried out with astounding accuracy and alacrity. —Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024

Sharpness and alacrity will return to you in future. —Jennifer Culp, Them, 26 July 2024

With an alacrity in stark contrast to the 21st-century, less than three weeks later the justices ruled, unanimously, that the president must abide by a special prosecutor’s subpoena and turn over audiotapes related to Watergate. —Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024

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