Synonyms for willful
ˈwɪl fəlwill·ful

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. willfuladjective

   Done in a manner which was intended.

   Synonyms:
   voluntary, volitional

2. willfuladjective

   Stubborn.

   Synonyms:
   spiteful, headstrong, obstinate, self-willed

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. willful

   Synonyms:
   purposed, deliberate, designed, intentional, prepense, premeditated, preconcerted, wayward, refractory, stubborn, self-willed, headstrong

   Antonyms:
   undesigned, accidental, unintentional, unpremeditated, docile, obedient, amenable, manageable, deferential, considerate, thoughtful

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. willful, wilfuladjective

   done by design

   "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

   Synonyms:
   froward, headstrong, self-willed, wilful

   Antonyms:
   obedient, nonvoluntary, involuntary, unvoluntary

2. froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilfuladjective

   habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

   Synonyms:
   froward, wilful, headstrong, self-willed

   Antonyms:
   unvoluntary, obedient, involuntary, nonvoluntary

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1. willfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   refractory, headstrong, perverse, disobedient, inflexible

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1. List of paraphrases for "willful":

   deliberate, intentional, wilful, stubborn

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How to use willful in a sentence?

1. Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia:

   Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things First, a dissatisfaction with self-a felt void or need second, a decision to change-to fill the void or need and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change-the willful act of making the change Doing Something.

2. Marc Edwards:

   I can't help but comment on the qualities that seem to be valued in administrators at the EPA: willful blindness, in this case to the pain and suffering of Flint residents; unremorseful for their role in causing this man-made disaster; and completely unrepentant.

3. Hanan Ashrawi:

   This is a deliberate and willful act of murder and criminality.

4. Seán O'Casey:

   Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered by the energy of humanity and the cunning in the mind of man. In the patience of a Curie, in the enlightenment of a Faraday, a Rutherford, a Pasteur, a Nightingale, and all other apostles of light and cleanliness, rather than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final deliverance from plague, pestilence, and famine.

5. Richard K. Morgan:

   Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.