'Willing' definitions:
Definition of 'willing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers" [ant: unwilling]
adjective
Not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced" [syn: uncoerced, unforced, willing]
noun
The act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition" [syn: volition, willing]
Definition of 'Willing'
From: GCIDE
- Will \Will\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Willed; p. pr. & vb. n. Willing. Indic. present I will, thou willeth, he wills; we, ye, they will.] [Cf. AS. willian. See Will, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree. "What she will to do or say." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- By all law and reason, that which the Parliament will not, is no more established in this kingdom. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Two things he [God] willeth, that we should be good, and that we should be happy. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
- They willed me say so, madam. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Send for music, And will the cooks to use their best of cunning To please the palate. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- As you go, will the lord mayor . . . To attend our further pleasure presently. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Willing'
From: GCIDE
- Willing \Will"ing\, a. [From Will, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready. [1913 Webster]
- Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. --Acts xxiv. 27. [1913 Webster]
- With wearied wings and willing feet. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- [Fruit] shaken in August from the willing boughs. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired. [1913 Webster]
- [They] are held, with his melodious harmony, In willing chains and sweet captivity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Spontaneous; self-moved. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- No spouts of blood run willing from a tree. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'willing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordant,
- acquiescent,
- affirmative,
- agreeable,
- agreeing,
- alacritous,
- amenable,
- approving,
- apt,
- ardent,
- assenting,
- bright,
- clever,
- compliable,
- compliant,
- complying,
- conative,
- conforming,
- consentient,
- consenting,
- content,
- cooperative,
- deliberate,
- determined,
- devoted,
- disposed,
- docile,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- eager,
- educable,
- endorsing,
- enthusiastic,
- experimental,
- facile,
- fain,
- fair,
- faithful,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- formable,
- forward,
- game,
- impressionable,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- inclined,
- instructable,
- intelligent,
- intentional,
- law-abiding,
- loyal,
- malleable,
- minded,
- moldable,
- motivated,
- nothing loath,
- obedient,
- open,
- permissive,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- predisposed,
- prompt,
- prone,
- quick,
- ratifying,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- receptive,
- resolute,
- responsive,
- ripe for instruction,
- sanctioning,
- schoolable,
- submissive,
- susceptible,
- teachable,
- tentative,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- tractable,
- trainable,
- trial,
- unforced,
- ungrudging,
- unloath,
- unrefusing,
- unreluctant,
- venturesome,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- well-disposed,
- well-inclined,
- willed,
- willful,
- willinghearted,
- witting,
- zealous