Will Roget’s Thesaurus §600 N. will,
volition,
conation,
velleity, liberum arbitrium, will and pleasure,
free will, freedom,
discretion,
option,
voluntariness,
spontaneity,
spontaneousness, originality, pleasure, wish, mind, desire, frame of mind, intention, predetermination, selfcontrol &c. determination, force of will
V. will, list, see fit, think fit, determine,
enjoin, settle,
volunteer, have a will of one's own, do what one chooses, have it all one's own way, have one's will, have one's own way, use one's discretion, exercise one's discretion, take upon oneself, take one's own course, take the law into one's own hands, do of one's own accord, do upon one's own authority,
originate Adj. voluntary,
volitional, willful, free,
optional,
discretional,
discretionary,
volitient,
volitive,
minded,
prepense, intended,
autocratic, unbidden &c. (bid ),
spontaneous, original,
unconstrained Adv. voluntarily, at will, at pleasure, a volonte, a discretion, al piacere,
ad libitum, ad arbitrium, as one thinks proper, as it seems good to, a beneplacito, of one's won accord, of one's own free will, proprio motu, suo motu, ex meromotu, out of one's own head, by choice, purposely,
deliberately Phr. stet pro ratione voluntas, sic volo sic jubeo, a vostro beneplacito, beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere, deus vult, was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden
N. willingness,
voluntariness, willing mind, heart, disposition, inclination,
leaning,
animus, frame of mind,
humor,
mood, vein, bent,
penchant,
aptitude,
docility,
docibleness,
persuasibleness,
persuasibility,
pliability,
geniality,
cordiality, goodwill,
alacrity,
readiness, earnestness, forwardness, eagerness,
asset,
compliance, pleasure, gratuitous service, labor of love,
volunteer,
volunteering V. be willing,
incline, lean to, mind,
propend, had as lief, lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear, have a half a mind to, have a great mind to, hold to, cling to, desire, see fit, think good, think proper,
acquiesce, comply with, swallow the bait, nibble at the bait, gorge the hook, have no scruple of, make no scruple of, make no bones of, jump at, catch at, meet halfway,
volunteer Adj. willing,
minded,
fain, disposed, inclined, favorable, favorably- minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed, nothing loth, in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind, ready, forward, earnest, eager, bent upon, predisposed,
propense,
docile,
persuadable,
persuasible,
suasible, easily persuaded,
facile,
easy-going, tractable,
genial,
gracious,
cordial,
cheering,
hearty, content, voluntary,
gratuitous,
spontaneous, unasked &c. (ask ), unforced
Adv. willingly,
fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul, with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms, with good will, with right will, de bonne volonte, ex animo, con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord,
graciously, with a good grace, a la bonne heure, by all means, by all manner of means, to one's heart's content,
yes N. intent, intention,
intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition,
contemplation, mind,
animus, view,
purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, "the be all and the end all", drift, tendency,
destination, mark, point,
butt,
goal,
target,
bull's-eye,
quintain, prey,
quarry, game, decision, determination,
resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose,
ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive,
teleology V. intend, purpose, design, mean, have to, propose to oneself, harbor a design, have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in- petto, have an eye to, bid for, labor for, be after, aspire after, endeavor after, be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at, take aim, set before oneself, study to, take upon oneself, take into one's head,
meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of,
premeditate, compass,
calculate,
destine,
destinate,
propose, project, have a mind to, desire, pursue
Adj. intended,
intentional,
advised, express,
determinate,
prepense, bound for, intending,
minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological adv,
intentionally,
advisedly,
wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design,
studiously, pointedly, with intent,
deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes
Phr. "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", sublimi feriam sidera vertice
