An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.
Source: tatoeba (1902)
Willing
//ˈwɪlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "willing" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
law abidinglaw-abidingloyalmalleablemindedmoldablemoodmotivatednothing loathobedientobligingon boardopenpermissiveplasticpliablepliantpredisposedpreparedprompt
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Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
13 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
54 translations across 30 languages.
American Sign Language
1 entries- OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἑκών adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Bulgarian
1 entries- склонен adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Catalan
1 entries- disposat adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Czech
1 entries- ochotný adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Dutch
1 entries- bereid adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Estonian
2 entries- vabatahtlik adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- valmis (midagi tegema) adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Finnish
1 entries- halukas adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
French
2 entries- prêt adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- volontaire adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Galician
3 entries- azoso adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- disposto adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- pronto adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
German
4 entries- bereit adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- gewillt adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- willens adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- willig adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָכוֹן adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Hindi
4 entries- अभिलाषी adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- इच्छुक adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- तत्पर adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- रज़ामंद adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Hungarian
2 entries- hajlandó adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- készséges adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Irish
2 entries- fonnmhar adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- sásta adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Italian
2 entries- disposto adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- volenteroso adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Latin
2 entries- libens adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- volens adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Macedonian
2 entries- расположен adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- спремен adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bidil adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- wellich adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Polish
3 entries- chętny adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- gotowy adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- ochoczy adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Portuguese
1 entries- disposto adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Romanian
1 entries- voluntar adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Russian
1 entries- гото́вый adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- èasgaidh adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Spanish
4 entries- alacre adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- dispuesto adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- gustoso adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- listo adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Swedish
1 entries- villig adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Tagalog
1 entries- mayloob adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ārwer adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гото́вий adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
- охо́чий adj (ready to do something that is not a matter of course)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The convicted drug dealer was willing to comply with the authorities to have his death sentence reduced to a life sentence.
Source: tatoeba (1934)
Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.
Source: tatoeba (2008)
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Source: tatoeba (2454)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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