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

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An IPO solves that problem, giving founders, employees, and other private shareholders an opportunity to sell shares at will.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

But the high multiple Cerebras is currently trading at will rely on the company’s success with its products going forward.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

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

By contrast, a blockade allows US warships to loiter safely, far offshore in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, track vessels emerging from Iranian ports and interdict them at will.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

It was called The Golden Child and it was a huge open-air salon through which no less than two hundred bitterns who told the time with a deafening cackling strolled at will.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

at will

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