willingness
Ready to participate
Willingness is readiness to do something without resistance or reluctance.
It implies consent and a cooperative attitude: Her willingness to help made the project possible.
The word often appears in contexts where someone could reasonably refuse but chooses not to: His willingness to compromise surprised everyone.
Shared position between parties
- permissionGranted right to act
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- assentFormal expression of approval
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
compliance · authorization · acceptance · endorsement · concurrence · sanction · ratification · concession
State of being equipped
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- promptnessTimeliness as habit
- responsivenessReadiness to react
- opennessQuality of being accessible
receptivity · amenability · adaptability · flexibility · accessibility · approachability · cooperation · proactiveness
Intense eager enjoyment
- zealIntense driving devotion
- alacrityEager and cheerful promptness
- keennessSharpness of perception
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
avidity · excitement · ardor · gusto · zest · passion · appetite · desire
Disposition toward something
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- proclivityInherent tendency toward something
- propensityInnate behavioral inclination
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
leaning · bent · penchant · affinity · predilection · partiality · fondness · preference
agreement
Shared position between parties
- permissionGranted right to act
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- assentFormal expression of approval
acquiescence · compliance · authorization · acceptance · endorsement · concurrence · sanction · ratification · concession · acknowledgment
preparedness
State of being equipped
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- promptnessTimeliness as habit
- responsivenessReadiness to react
openness · receptivity · amenability · adaptability · flexibility · accessibility · approachability · cooperation · proactiveness · initiative
enthusiasm
Intense eager enjoyment
fervor · avidity · excitement · ardor · gusto · zest · passion · appetite · desire · yearning
inclination
Disposition toward something
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- proclivityInherent tendency toward something
- propensityInnate behavioral inclination
predisposition · leaning · bent · penchant · affinity · predilection · partiality · fondness · preference · temperament
- receptivenessopenness, acceptance, readiness, open mind, open arms
- trainability traitsteachability, learnability, coachability, obedience, docility
- consentpermission, consent laws, legal consent, medical consent, explicit consent
- free willchoice, volition, autonomy, initiative, agency
- learner traitsstudious, grit, diligent, curious, inquisitive
- open-mindednessopen-mindedness, openness, open mind, broad-mindedness, broadminded
willingnessunwillingness
Disinclination to act
reluctance · disinclination · aversion · resistance · refusal
willingnessresistance
Capacity to withstand force
opposition · refusal · recalcitrance · defiance · obstinacy
willingnessaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
reluctance · antipathy · loathing · repugnance · indifference