Hesitancy
Hesitancy noun - A lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something.
Usage example: his appointment to the superintendency was confirmed by the school board without the least hesitancy
Mistrust and hesitancy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mistrust" instead a noun "Hesitancy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reservation and hesitancy
- reservation and mistrust
- misgiving and hesitancy
- misgiving and mistrust
- apprehension and hesitancy
- apprehension and mistrust
- question and hesitancy
- question and mistrust
- suspicion and hesitancy
- suspicion and mistrust
- insecurity and hesitancy
- insecurity and mistrust
- doubt and hesitancy
- doubt and mistrust
How words are described
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Mistrust and Hesitancy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hesitancy/mistrust
Hesitancy & Mistrust. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hesitancy/mistrust>.
Mistrust or Hesitancy. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hesitancy/mistrust.
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