willingness

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

will form interest ardor agreement want desire ready acceptance intention wish consent willing commitment flexibility
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Antonyms

unwillingness venom malice loathing detestation opposition
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Hypernyms

disposition

Hyponyms

readiness openness eagerness forwardness receptiveness receptivity

Phrases with the word

with great willingness affirmative willingness willingness to fight show willingness with willingness willingness to wait

Examples

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. Bertrand Russell

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose. Wilfred Owen

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. Scott Adams

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. John Kenneth Galbraith

There is absolutely no inevitability, so long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening. Marshall McLuhan

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. Joan Didion

Close letter words and terms

Willingham St Mary willinghood willingly willingness to fight Willington Willington Quay