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Willing

of Will

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Similar meaning 20

Consenting 84% connected

of Consent

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Consenting 84% connected

of Consent

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Disposed 84% connected

of Dispose

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Disposed 84% connected

of Dispose

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Fain 84% connected

Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

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Fain 84% connected

Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

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Glad 84% connected

Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or b…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Glad 84% connected

Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or b…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Happy 84% connected

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Happy 84% connected

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inclined 84% connected

of Incline

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Inclined 84% connected

of Incline

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Prepared 84% connected

Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions.

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Prepared 84% connected

Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions.

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Ready 84% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Ready 84% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Volitional 84% connected

Belonging or relating to volition.

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Volitional 84% connected

Belonging or relating to volition.

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Voluntary 84% connected

Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

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Voluntary 84% connected

Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

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Broader term 4

Choice 76% connected

Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in prefe…

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Option 76% connected

The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.

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Pick 76% connected

To throw; to pitch.

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Selection 76% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

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Narrower term 1

Intention 76% connected

A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

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Derivationally related 4

Will 74% connected

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide t…

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Will 74% connected

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide t…

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Willingness 74% connected

The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.

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Willingness 74% connected

The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.

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See also 8

Compliant 66% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

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Compliant 66% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

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Ready 66% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Ready 66% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Voluntary 66% connected

Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

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Voluntary 66% connected

Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

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Attribute 4

Disposition 66% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Disposition 66% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Temperament 66% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Temperament 66% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Synonym 1

Volition 92% connected

The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Unwilling 94% connected

Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Unwilling 94% connected

Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

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