freewill

freewill

adjective

Definition of FREEWILL

1

made, given, or done with one's own free will <a freewill confession of guilt made by the suspect during police interrogation>

Synonyms conscious, deliberate, intended, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting

Related Words designed, planned; conscious; advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighed; premeditated, premeditative, prepense; discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer

Near Antonyms inadvertent, unwitting; accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, random; aimless, desultory, purposeless; abrupt, impetuous, sudden; coerced, forced, involuntary; compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required; casual; extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated

Antonyms nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional

2

done, made, or given with one's own free will <our office staff made a freewill offering for UNESCO>

Synonyms freewill, self-imposed, uncoerced, unforced, volitional, volunteer, willing

Related Words discretionary, elective, optional; impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unpremeditated; conscious, deliberate, intentional, knowing, willful (or wilful)

Near Antonyms compulsory, enforced, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required

Antonyms coerced, compelled, forced, involuntary, nonvoluntary, unwilled, will-less