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goodwill

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of goodwill

1 kindly concern, interest, or support

the long tradition of goodwill that exists between the United States and Canada

Synonyms of goodwill

amity, benevolence, brotherhood, charity, cordiality, cordialness, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, gemütlichkeit, good-fellowship, kindliness, neighborliness

Words Related to goodwill

bonhomie, camaraderie, collegiality, community, companionship, company, comradeship

civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport, rapprochement

charity, generosity

affinity, communion, empathy, kindness, sympathy, tolerance

altruism, philanthropy, selflessness, unselfishness

Near Antonyms of goodwill

disfavor, intolerance

animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, incivility, malice, rancor

belligerency, quarrelsomeness, querulousness

Antonyms of goodwill

ill will, malevolence, venom

2 cheerful readiness to do something

took on the task of coaching the soccer team with lots of zeal and goodwill

Synonyms of goodwill

alacrity, amenability, gameness, obligingness, willingness

Words Related to goodwill

celerity, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness

dispatch, promptitude, promptness

ardor, avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, exuberance, fervor, gusto, keenness, relish, zeal, zest

agreeableness, geniality, good-naturedness, heartiness, warmth

open-mindedness, receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness

Near Antonyms of goodwill

leisureliness, pokiness, slowness, sluggishness

apathy, disinterestedness, halfheartedness, indifference, lukewarmness, perfunctoriness

delay, dilatoriness, doubt, equivocation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance, reservation, reticence, uncertainty, vacillation

disinclination, indisposition, recalcitrance, resistance, unwillingness

antipathy, averseness, aversion

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