Definitions

at will

[at-wil] / ˈætˈwɪl /

ADJECTIVE

ad-lib

Synonyms

STRONG

extemporize extemporized impromptu improvise improvised

WEAK

according to pleasure ad libitum as one thinks best as one wishes extemporaneous extempore made-up off-the-cuff spontaneous unprepared unrehearsed without restraint

Antonyms

WEAK

deliberate planned prepared rehearsed written

ADJECTIVE

freely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candidly openly voluntarily willingly

WEAK

advisedly as you please at one's discretion at one's pleasure deliberately designedly fancy-free frankly intentionally of one's own accord of one's own free will plainly purposely spontaneously unchallenged unreservedly without hindrance without prompting without reserve without restraint without urging

Antonyms

WEAK

bound limited

ADVERB

ad libitum

Synonyms

WEAK

according to pleasure ad-lib as one thinks best as one wishes extemporaneous freely impromptu improvised impulsive made-up off-the-cuff offhand spontaneously unrehearsed without restraint

Example Sentences

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We may live in an increasingly lawless society, but that doesn’t mean all significance should be abandoned at will.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Fittingly, Daniel Pemberton’s score has that same sense of free-ranging curiosity, flitting between genres at will.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Because the Cliffwater fund is an interval fund, its investors can’t sell at will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

"New language framed as compromise was paired with legalese that would allow those safeguards to be disregarded at will," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

We’d watch her sprayed hair and her hysteria, and the tears she could still produce at will, and the mascara blackening her cheeks.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

at will

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