unwilling

1. 1.

   not disposed or inclined toward

   “an unwilling assistant”

   “unwilling to face facts”

   Antonymswilling

   Similargrudgingloath
2. 2.

   in spite of contrary volition

   “an unwilling smile”

   Similarinvoluntary

Questions about unwilling

What does unwilling mean?

unwilling means "not disposed or inclined toward". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unwilling?

unwilling has 3 syllables: un-wil-ling. The stress falls on "wil". In IPA it is /ənˈwɪlɪŋ/.

What is the opposite of unwilling?

The recorded antonyms are willing.

Is unwilling a common word?

unwilling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unwilling?

1 word rhymes with unwilling. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.