| Main Entry: | willingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | readiness |
Synonyms: |
alacrity, compliance, consent, eagerness, enthusiasm, zeal |
Antonyms: |
aversion |
| Main Entry: | willingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
alacrity, compliance, consent, disposition, eagerness, readiness, zeal |
Antonyms: |
reluctance, unwillingness |
| Concept: | Willingness. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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-nouns
willingness, voluntariness; willing mind, willing heart., disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, vein; bent (turn of mind); penchant (desire); aptitude., docility, docibleness; persuasibleness, persuasibility; pliability (softness)., geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness; eagerness (desire)., asset; compliance; pleasure (will); gratuitous service., labor of love; volunteer, volunteering.
-verbs
be willing; incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire., see fit, think good, think proper; acquiesce (assent); comply with., swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; gorge the hook; have no scruple of, make no scruple of; make no bones of; jump at, catch at; meet halfway; volunteer.
-adjectives
willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable; favorably-minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed; nothing loth; in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind., ready, forward, earnest, eager; bent upon (desirous); predisposed, propense., docile; persuadable, persuasible; suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easygoing; tractable (pliant); genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty; content (assenting)., voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous; unasked (ask [more]); unforced (free).
-adverbs
willingly; fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul; with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms; with good will, with right will; de bonne volonte, ex animo; con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace., a la bonne heure; by all means, by all manner of means; to one's heart's content; yes (assent).
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Antonyms: |
unwillingness |
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| Main Entry: | alacrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; promptness |
Synonyms: |
alertness, avidity, briskness, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, expedition, fervor, gaiety, hilarity, joyousness, promptitude, quickness, readiness, speed, sprightliness, willingness, zeal |
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apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | appetite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire for food, worldly goods |
Synonyms: |
appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, craving, demand, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot, stomach, sweet tooth, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest |
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antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | conformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compliance |
Synonyms: |
acquiescence, allegiance, assent, consent, conventionality, docility, obedience, observance, orthodoxy, resignation, submission, willingness |
Antonyms: |
difference, fight, noncomformity, refusal |
| Main Entry: | free will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free choice |
Synonyms: |
assent, choice, conation, consent, desire, determination, discretion, free choice, free decision, freedom, inclination, intention, mind, one's discretion, one's own choice, one's own will, option, own say so, own sweet way, person's full intent and purpose, pleasure, power, say so, velleity, volition, voluntary decision, willingness, wish |
Antonyms: |
responsibility |
| Main Entry: | obedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good behavior; submissiveness |
Synonyms: |
accordance, acquiescence, agreement, compliance, conformability, conformity, deference, docility, duteousness, dutifulness, duty, manageability, meekness, observance, orderliness, quietness, respect, reverence, servility, submission, subservience, tameness, tractability, willingness |
Antonyms: |
bad behavior, disobedience, misbehavior, mischief, mutiny, rebellion |
| Main Entry: | readiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill; eagerness |
Synonyms: |
address, adroitness, alacrity, aptness, deftness, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedience, expedition, facility, fitness, fluency, good will, handiness, inclination, keenness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, promptness, prowess, quickness, rapidity, ripeness, sleight, volubility, willingness |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, unpreparedness |
| Main Entry: | volition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free will |
Synonyms: |
accord, choice, choosing, conation, desire, determination, discretion, election, option, preference, purpose, resolution, selection, will, willingness, wish |