willful
willful is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse. -- Will"ful*ly, adv. -- Will"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- autocratic
- bid
- casual
- choice
- deliberately
- discretion
- discretional
- discretionary
- est
- free
- good
- head
- intended
- intentionally
- man
- minded
- muss
- one
- optional
- original
- out
- own
- pleasure
- prepense
- pro
- proper
- purposely
- sic
- spontaneous
- stet
- unbidden
- volitient
- volitional
- volitive
- voluntarily
- voluntary
- was
- will
- willing
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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