Will

Quick meaning: Will is a verb meaning (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Meaning

(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

More Meanings

1. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
2. (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
3. (now rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
4. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
5. (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
6. (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
7. (archaic) Implying will go.

Example Sentences

Do not forget, will you?

I said I’d help, and help I will.

Can somebody lend me a hand? — I will.

I'm going to quit smoking. I really will!

Word Forms

• willing
• wilt
• willst
• willest
• wil
• wille
• wills
• willed

Synonyms for will

Depending on context, synonyms include bequeath, leave, determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolve.

Antonyms for will

Common opposites include disinherit, disown.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include volition, shall, wish, bequeath, testament, leave.

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