good will

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [goo d wil]
- /gʊd wɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [goo d wil]
- /gʊd wɪl/

Definitions of good will words

noun good will friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness. 1
noun good will cheerful acquiescence or consent. 1
noun good will Commerce. an intangible, salable asset arising from the reputation of a business and its relations with its customers, distinct from the value of its stock and other tangible assets. 1

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Origin of good will

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English; Old English gōd willa. See good, will2

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Parts of speech for Good will

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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good will popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for good will

noun good will

generosity — readiness or liberality in giving.
tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
goodwill — friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness.
rapport — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.

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Antonyms for good will

noun good will

coldness — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
meanness — the state or quality of being mean.

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good will usage trend in Literature

Synonyms for good will

noun good will

Antonyms for good will

noun good will

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