Will

//wɪl//

Synonyms for "will" (224 found)

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Strong matches (67)

Related words (112)

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Translations

324 translations across 95 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • vullnet noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • θέλημα noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • βούλομαι verb (to wish or desire)
  • θέλω verb (to wish or desire)
  • ἐθέλω verb (to wish or desire)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إرَادَة noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • إرَادَة noun (intention or decision)
  • إرَادَة noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • رَغْبَة noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Armenian

3 entries
  • կամք noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • կտակել verb (to bequeath)
  • ցանկանալ verb (to wish or desire)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • iradə noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • ixtiyar noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • ихтыяр noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • ихтыяр noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Basque

2 entries
  • gogo noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • nahi noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • во́ля noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • во́ля noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • wahn verb (indicating future action)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • Уи́л name (diminutive of William)
  • во́ля noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • во́ля noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • намере́ние noun (intention or decision)

Burmese

3 entries
  • နောင် verb (indicating future action)
  • မည် verb (indicating future action)
  • အံ့ verb (indicating future action)

Catalan

4 entries
  • albir noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • lliure albir noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • voluntat noun (intention or decision)
  • voluntat noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • buot noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • pagbuot noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 會 /会 verb (indicating future action)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 威爾 /威尔 name (diminutive of William)
  • 意志 noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • 將 /将 verb (indicating future action)
  • 將要 /将要 verb (indicating future action)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • волꙗ noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Cornish

1 entries
  • mynnes verb (to wish or desire)

Czech

2 entries
  • vůle noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • odkázat verb (to bequeath)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • voluntuot noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Danish

4 entries
  • vilje noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • skal verb (indicating future action)
  • testamentere verb (to bequeath)
  • vil verb (indicating future action)

Dutch

4 entries
  • Jelle name (diminutive of William)
  • Pim name (diminutive of William)
  • Wil name (diminutive of William)
  • Wim name (diminutive of William)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • volo noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • os Use the future tense verb (indicating future action)
  • testamenti verb (to bequeath)
  • voli verb (to wish or desire)

Estonian

4 entries
  • tahe noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • tahe noun (intention or decision)
  • tahe noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • hakkama verb (indicating future action)

Ewe

1 entries
  • lɔ̃lɔ̃nu noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Faroese

1 entries
  • vilji noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Finnish

4 entries
  • Vilho name (diminutive of William)
  • Vili name (diminutive of William)
  • Ville name (diminutive of William)
  • halu noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

French

4 entries
  • Guillon name (diminutive of William)
  • volonté noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • aller verb (indicating future action)
  • léguer verb (to bequeath)

Friulian

1 entries
  • volontât noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Galician

2 entries
  • albidro noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • vontade noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ნება noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • სურვილი noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • სურს verb (to bequeath)

German

4 entries
  • Willi name (diminutive of William)
  • Willy name (diminutive of William)
  • Wim name (diminutive of William)
  • Wille noun (one's independent faculty of choice)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Greek

3 entries
  • Γουίλ name (diminutive of William)
  • βούληση noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • θέληση noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • וויל name (diminutive of William)
  • אָבָה noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • רָצוֹן noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • עָתִיד verb (indicating future action)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इच्छा noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • इच्छा noun (intention or decision)
  • इच्छा noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • आशा verb (to wish or desire)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • Vili name (diminutive of William)
  • akarat noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • akarat noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • döntés noun (intention or decision)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • hendak noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • kehendak noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • akan verb (indicating future action)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • خواسْتَن verb (indicating future action)

Irish

1 entries
  • deoin noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Isoko

1 entries
  • ti verb (indicating future action)

Italian

4 entries
  • volontà noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • lasciare in eredità verb (to bequeath)
  • legare verb (to bequeath)
  • rai verb (indicating future action)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ウィル name (diminutive of William)
  • 意志 noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • 希望する verb (to wish or desire)
  • 望む verb (to wish or desire)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ерік noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • ықтияр noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Khmer

1 entries
  • នឹង verb (indicating future action)

Korean

4 entries
  • 의지 noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • ㄹ 것이다 verb (indicating future action)
  • ㄹ게 verb (indicating future action)
  • verb (indicating future action)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ыктыяр noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຈະ verb (indicating future action)
  • ຈັກ verb (indicating future action)
  • ຈິ verb (indicating future action)
  • ຊິ verb (indicating future action)

Latin

3 entries
  • arbitrium noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • voluntas noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • voluntas noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Latvian

1 entries
  • Vilis name (diminutive of William)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • Wum name (diminutive of William)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • noras noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • valia noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wóla noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Luxembourgish

3 entries
  • Wëllen noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • verierwen verb (to bequeath)
  • wäerten verb (indicating future action)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • волја noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • заветува verb (to bequeath)
  • остава во наследство verb (to bequeath)
  • пожели verb (to wish or desire)

Malay

1 entries
  • akan verb (indicating future action)

Māori

4 entries
  • e noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • ka noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • takune noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • whakaaro noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Navajo

1 entries
  • dooleeł verb (indicating future action)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • nyandzo noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Nogai

1 entries
  • эрк noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • verb (indicating future action)
  • ê verb (indicating future action)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • ville verb (to wish or desire)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • krav noun (intention or decision)
  • vilje noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • vilje noun (intention or decision)
  • vilje noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Nǀuu

1 entries
  • si verb (indicating future action)

Occitan

1 entries
  • volontat noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Old English

2 entries
  • sċulan verb (indicating future action)
  • willan verb (indicating future action)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • vili noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Persian

3 entries
  • آرزو noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • اختیار noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • خواسته noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Wellen noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Polish

3 entries
  • wola noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • wola noun (intention or decision)
  • wola noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • Gui name (diminutive of William)
  • arbítrio noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • vontade noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • desejar verb (to wish or desire)

Romanian

1 entries
  • voință noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Romansch

3 entries
  • voluntad noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • volunted noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • voluntà noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Russian

4 entries
  • Уиллом name (diminutive of William)
  • во́ля noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • во́ля noun (intention or decision)
  • во́ля noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • इच्छा noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • bolontade noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • boluntadi noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • volontade noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • Vilko name (diminutive of William)
  • vȍlja noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • во̏ља noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • hteti verb (indicating future action)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vôľa noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Slovene

4 entries
  • Vili name (diminutive of William)
  • Vilko name (diminutive of William)
  • volja noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • volja noun (intention or decision)

Spanish

4 entries
  • Guille name (diminutive of William)
  • albedrío noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • voluntad noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • anhelar verb (to wish or desire)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ta verb (indicating future action)

Swedish

4 entries
  • Ville name (diminutive of William)
  • vilja noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • önskan noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • komma att verb (indicating future action)

Tajik

3 entries
  • ирода noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • ихтиёр noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • орзу noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ихтыяр noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Thai

4 entries
  • ปณิธาน noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • ปณิธาน noun (intention or decision)
  • ประณิธาน noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • ประณิธาน noun (intention or decision)

Tocharian A

1 entries
  • kri noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries
  • باش verb (indicating future action)

Turkish

4 entries
  • irade noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • irade noun (intention or decision)
  • irade noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • istek verb (to wish or desire)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • во́ля noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • во́ля noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • special endings verb (indicating future action)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • wola noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • iroda noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)
  • ixtiyor noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sẽ verb (indicating future action)

Welsh

3 entries
  • Gwil name (diminutive of William)
  • ewyllys noun (one's independent faculty of choice)
  • ewyllys noun (act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • gean verb (indicating future action)
  • sille verb (indicating future action)

Yapese

1 entries
  • ra verb (indicating future action)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • וועלן verb (indicating future action)

Sample sentences

77 total sentences available.

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I will be back soon.

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This will cost €30.

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Maybe it will be exactly the same for him.

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The police will get you to find the bullets.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.