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Synonyms of will

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Another word for will is bequeath. Other synonyms of will are determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolve and testament.

Synonyms and similar words for will

nounFirmness of purpose, fixity of intent.

nounA formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after...

verbTo bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

Meaning of will

  1. verb Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
  2. verb To be able to, to have the capacity to.
  3. verb Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".

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Questions about synonyms of will

What is another word for will?
Will has 9 synonyms on Word.ws, such as bequeath, determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolve, testament, last will and last will and testament.
What does will mean?
Will means used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: will (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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