Entry Word: goodwill

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 kindly concern, interest, or support <the long tradition of goodwill that exists between the United States and Canada>

Synonyms amity, benevolence, cordiality, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, kindliness

Related Words camaraderie, community, companionship, comradeship; civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport; charity, generosity, neighborliness; affinity, communion, empathy, sympathy, tolerance; altruism, philanthropy, selflessness

Near Antonyms disfavor, intolerance; animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, incivility, malice, rancor

Antonyms ill will, malevolence

2 cheerful readiness to do something <took on the task of coaching the soccer team with lots of zeal and goodwill> — see alacrity