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Showing words for RELUCTANT using the English dictionary

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