Thesaurus / velleity
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synonyms for velleity
- assent
- choice
- conation
- consent
- desire
- determination
- discretion
- free choice
- free decision
- freedom
- inclination
- intention
- mind
- one's discretion
- one's own choice
- one's own will
- option
- own say so
- own sweet way
- person's full intent and purpose
- pleasure
- power
- say so
- volition
- voluntary decision
- willingness
- wish
- affection
- appetite
- aptitude
- bias
- capability
- desire
- disposition
- impulse
- leaning
- penchant
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- proclivity
- propensity
- temperament
- aptness
- attachment
- attraction
- capacity
- drift
- druthers
- fancy
- fondness
- groove
- idiosyncrasy
- liking
- mind
- movement
- partiality
- persuasion
- pleasure
- proneness
- slant
- stomach
- susceptibility
- taste
- thing
- trend
- turn
- type
- urge
- weakness
- whim
- will
- wish
- cup of tea
- soft spot
- affinity
- affection
- appetite
- appreciation
- attachment
- attraction
- bent
- bias
- desire
- devotion
- fancy
- favoritism
- inclination
- love
- mind
- palate
- partiality
- passion
- penchant
- pleasure
- predilection
- preference
- proneness
- propensity
- relish
- stomach
- sympathy
- tendency
- tooth
- weakness
- will
- soft spot
- attitude
- character
- decision
- desire
- determination
- discipline
- feeling
- inclination
- intention
- mind
- passion
- power
- resolution
- resolve
- wish
- aim
- appetite
- conviction
- craving
- decisiveness
- decree
- design
- discretion
- disposition
- fancy
- hankering
- liking
- longing
- option
- pining
- pleasure
- preference
- prerogative
- purpose
- self-control
- self-discipline
- self-restraint
- temperament
- urge
- volition
- willfulness
- willpower
- wishes
- yearning
- heart's desire
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- antipathy
- aversion
- disgust
- disinclination
- dislike
- distaste
- fairness
- hate
- hatred
- indifference
- repulsion
- disbelief
- inability
- animosity
- antipathy
- aversion
- disgust
- disinclination
- disinterest
- dislike
- distaste
- enmity
- fairness
- hate
- hatred
- impartiality
- indifference
- justice
- neglect
- repulsion
- revulsion
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use velleity in a sentence
How would it be possible to resist the will of God, supposing of course that it was his real will, not a mere velleity?
THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITYLUDWIG FEUERBACHBut the desire by way of simple velleity may not be put into a proper prayer, when there is no hope.
A CHRISTIAN DIRECTORY (PART 2 OF 4)RICHARD BAXTERWORDS RELATED TO VELLEITY
- caprices
- conceits
- conceptions
- contrariness
- creations
- cup of teas
- desires
- druthers
- flashes
- fool's paradises
- grooves
- humors
- ideas
- images
- imaginations
- impressions
- inclinations
- irrationalities
- likings
- minds
- notions
- perverseness
- pleasures
- things
- thoughts
- vagaries
- velleities
- visualizations
- weakness fors
- whims
- wills
- assent
- choice
- conation
- consent
- desire
- determination
- discretion
- free choice
- free decision
- freedom
- inclination
- intention
- mind
- one's discretion
- one's own choice
- one's own will
- option
- own say so
- own sweet way
- person's full intent and purpose
- pleasure
- power
- say so
- velleity
- volition
- voluntary decision
- willingness
- wish
- affection
- appetite
- aptitude
- aptness
- attachment
- attraction
- bias
- capability
- capacity
- cup of tea
- desire
- disposition
- drift
- druthers
- fancy
- fondness
- groove
- idiosyncrasy
- impulse
- leaning
- liking
- mind
- movement
- partiality
- penchant
- persuasion
- pleasure
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- slant
- soft spot
- stomach
- susceptibility
- taste
- temperament
- thing
- trend
- turn
- type
- urge
- velleity
- weakness
- whim
- will
- wish
- affections
- appetites
- aptitudes
- aptness
- attachments
- attractions
- biases
- capabilities
- capacities
- cup of teas
- desires
- dispositions
- drifts
- druthers
- fancies
- fondness
- grooves
- idiosyncrasies
- impulses
- leanings
- likings
- minds
- movements
- partiality
- penchant
- persuasions
- pleasures
- predilections
- predispositions
- preferences
- prejudices
- proclivities
- proneness
- propensities
- slants
- soft spots
- stomachs
- susceptibilities
- tastes
- temperaments
- things
- trends
- turns
- types
- urges
- velleities
- weaknesses
- whims
- wills
- wishes
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.