What are some opposite words for wilful?
Antonyms for wilful
ˈwɪl fəlwil·ful
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term wilful.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
wilful
Perverse (Latin perversus, turned the wrong way) signifies wilfully wrong or erring, unreasonably set against right, reason, or authority. The stubborn or obstinate person will not do what another desires or requires; the perverse person will do anything contrary to what is desired or required of him. The petulant person frets, but may comply; the perverse individual may be smooth or silent, but is wilfully intractable. Wayward refers to a perverse disregard of morality and duty; froward is practically obsolete; untoward is rarely heard except in certain phrases; as, untoward circumstances. Compare OBSTINATE.
Antonyms:
accommodating, amenable, complaisant, compliant, genial, governable, kind, obligingSynonyms:
contrary, factious, fractious, froward, intractable, obstinate, perverse, petulant, stubborn, ungovernable, untoward, wayward
Princeton's WordNet
willful, wilfuladjective
done by design
"the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"
Antonyms:
unvoluntary, obedient, involuntary, nonvoluntarySynonyms:
froward, headstrong, willful, self-willedfroward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilfuladjective
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Antonyms:
unvoluntary, obedient, nonvoluntary, involuntarySynonyms:
froward, headstrong, willful, self-willed
How to use wilful in a sentence?
Although such behavior is not banned by law, passengers should not be too wilful.
To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.
For the campaign finance violation to be criminal, prosecutors would have to prove a wilful violation, if Trump did not know that he was violating campaign finance laws by directing the spending he would not be criminally liable.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1139 | kind | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#22716 | involuntary | |
#26905 | accommodating | |
#35374 | obedient | |
#38382 | amenable | |
#57508 | genial | |
#61099 | wilful | |
#77989 | obliging | |
#293856 | complaisant |
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