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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of alacrity

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

Outside of New Delhi, the central government has involved itself with greater alacrity in domains constitutionally under the jurisdiction of India’s states. —Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2021

Biden needs Israel to win its war against the terrorist group Hamas — a righteous war in which the U.S. has invested its treasure and prestige — with all possible alacrity. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 17 Apr. 2024

But the supreme court showed little alacrity in hearing the multiple legal challenges brought before it. —Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2024

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