willingness

Main Entry:
willingness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: enthusiasm
Synonyms: alacrity, compliance, consent, disposition, eagerness, readiness, zeal
Antonyms: reluctance, unwillingness
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Willingness.
Category: 1. Acts of volition
Synonyms:
-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).
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
Antonyms: 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
Antonyms: 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
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