won't
Declines to act
Won't is the contraction of "will not," expressing refusal or unwillingness: I won't do it, She won't listen.
It also makes negative predictions: It won't rain tomorrow.
Won't appears in tag questions seeking confirmation: You'll be there, won't you?
Past conditional negative
Reject or garbage
- declineDecrease or refuse
- resistOppose or refuse compliance
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- denyRefuse to admit
abstain · balk · withhold · rebuff · spurn · demur · dissent · protest
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- stubbornRefusing to change course
determined · resolute · firm · insistent · immovable · headstrong · willful · unbending
Not apt to happen
- doubtfulUncertain of truth
- improbableNot likely true
- uncertainNot firmly known
- pessimisticExpecting negative outcomes
skeptical · hesitant · wary · dubious · questionable
wouldn't
Past conditional negative
refuse
Reject or garbage
deny · abstain · balk · withhold · rebuff · spurn · demur · dissent · protest · object
adamant
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
stubborn · determined · resolute · firm · insistent · immovable · headstrong · willful · unbending · intractable
unlikely
Not apt to happen
- doubtfulUncertain of truth
- improbableNot likely true
- uncertainNot firmly known
pessimistic · skeptical · hesitant · wary · dubious · questionable
- won't be longArriving or finishing soon
- won't startEngine won't engage
- won't shut up
- won't budge
- won't fit
- won't grow up