9 Letter Words for Reluctant
reluctant, tralucent
8 Letter Words for Reluctant
cultrate, truncate, turntale, ultranet
7 Letter Words for Reluctant
cantlet, caunter, centaur, central, clatter, clunter, clutter, crenula, cuartel, curatel, curtate, cuttler, lecturn, leuctra, lucarne, naturel, neutral, nuclear, taunter, tranect, trental, truncal, tutelar, unalert, unclear, uncrate, untrace
6 Letter Words for Reluctant
acture, acuter, alrune, altern, alture, antler, artlet, attern, attune, atturn, auncel, aunter, cantel, canter, cantle, cantut, carlet, carnel, carnet, cartel, catter, cattle, cautel, cauter, cental, centra, claret, cranet, creant, cretan, cruent, culett, culter, cuneal, curate, curtal, cutler, cutlet, cutter, cuttle, eluant, encurl, lacert, lacune, lancer, lancet, latent, latten, latter, launce, lauter, lucent, lucern, lunare, lunate, lutten, natter, nattle, nature, nectar, neural, nutate, nutlet, nutter, rancel, rattel, ratten, rattle, raucle, recant, rectal, reluct, rental, runlet, rutate, ruttle, talcer, talent, talter, tancel, tanrec, tantle, tarcel, tarten, tartle, tatler, tauten, tauter, tectal, ternal, trance, truant, tulare, tulcan, turnel, turtle, tutela, tutler, ulnare, uncart, uncate, unlace, unreal, uretal
5 Letter Words for Reluctant
acute, alenu, alert, aleut, alter, altun, alure, ancle, ancre, anlet, antre, arent, arett, arnut, artel, atren, atter, attle, atule, atune, autre, canel, caner, caret, carle, carne, carte, catel, cater, catur, centu, ceral, cerat, clare, clart, claut, clean, clear, cleat, crane, crate, crena, creta, cruel, cruet, crunt, culet, cunea, curat, curet, cuter, ecart, eclat, ectal, enact, enrut, ental, eruca, eruct, lacer, lacet, lance, laten, later, latte, laure, learn, lucan, lucet, lucre, lunar, lunet, lutea, luter, lutra, nacre, neral, nucal, rance, ratel, react, recal, recut, renal, retal, retan, tacet, taler, tarte, tater, taunt, teart, tecta, telar, tenla, terna, tetra, trace, tract, trant, treat, truce, tuant, tuarn, tuart, tunal, tunca, tuner, ulcer, ulnae, ulnar, ultra, unact, unare, uncle, unlet, untar, urate, ureal, urena, urent, urnae, urnal, utter
4 Letter Words for Reluctant
acer, acle, aclu, acne, acre, actu, alce, alec, alen, ance, anet, anre, ante, antu, aren, aret, arle, arte, atle, atte, attn, aune, aunt, aute, cane, cant, care, carl, carn, cart, cate, caul, celt, cent, cera, cern, cert, clan, clar, clat, clue, cran, crue, crut, ctrl, cult, cunt, cura, cure, curl, curn, curt, cute, earl, earn, ecru, elan, encl, entr, eral, erat, eruc, etat, etna, etua, lace, laen, laer, laet, lane, lant, lare, larn, late, laun, laur, lean, lear, leat, lect, lena, lent, lett, luce, luna, lune, lunt, lura, lure, lute, nace, nael, nale, narc, nare, natl, natr, natu, naur, naut, neal, near, neat, neut, nurl, race, rale, rane, rant, rate, ratu, raun, real, rean, rect, rent, rtlt, ruen, rule, rune, runt, ruta, tace, tact, tael, taen, talc, tale, tane, tare, tarn, tart, tate, tatu, taun, taur, taut, teal, tean, tear, teat, teca, tela, telt, tent, tera, tern, trac, trat, tret, trna, true, trun, tuan, tula, tule, tuna, tune, turn, tute, ulan, ulna, ulta, unal, unca, unce, unct, unta, ural, uran, urea, urna
3 Letter Words for Reluctant
ace, act, aer, alc, ale, aln, alt, anc, ane, ant, anu, arc, are, arn, art, aru, ate, att, aul, cal, can, car, cat, cel, cen, cer, clr, crl, crt, cru, cte, ctn, ctr, cue, cul, cun, cur, cut, ean, ear, eat, eau, ect, ecu, ela, elt, enc, enl, era, ern, ert, eta, etc, lac, lan, lar, lat, lca, lea, ler, let, leu, lnr, ltr, lue, lur, lut, nae, nar, nat, nea, net, nul, nur, nut, ran, rat, rct, rea, rec, rel, rle, rna, rte, ruc, rue, run, rut, tal, tan, tar, tat, tau, tea, tec, tel, ten, ter, tet, tlc, tln, tlr, tnt, tra, trt, tua, tue, tun, tur, tut, uca, ula, ule, ult, una, unc, unl, ura, ure, urn, uta, utc, ute
Definitions for Reluctant
[1] unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
[2] struggling in opposition.
[3] not eager; unwilling; disinclined
[4] archaic offering resistance or opposition
Words related to Reluctant
slow, uncertain, hesitant, wary, shy, loath, cautious, circumspect, averse, squeamish, afraid, backward, calculating, chary, diffident, discouraged, disinclined, hesitating, indisposed, involuntary
Words nearby Reluctant
relocation costs, relocator, relucent, reluct, reluctance, reluctant, reluctate, reluctivity, relume, relumine, rely
Origin of Reluctant
1655–65; < Latin reluctant- (stem of reluctāns ), present participle of reluctārī. See reluct, -ant
Words that may be confused with Reluctant
reluctant, reticent, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry), reticent, reluctant
Other words from Reluctant
re·luc·tant·ly , adverb
half-re·luc·tant , adjective
half-re·luc·tant·ly , adverb
un·re·luc·tant , adjective
un·re·luc·tant·ly , adverb
Word origin for Reluctant
C17: from Latin reluctārī to resist; see reluct
Synonyms for Reluctant
afraid, averse, cautious, circumspect, hesitant, loath, shy, slow, squeamish, uncertain, wary, backward, calculating, chary, demurring, diffident, discouraged, disheartened, disinclined, grudging, hanging back, hesitating, indisposed, involuntary, laggard, opposed, queasy, recalcitrant, remiss, slack, tardy, uneager