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Nouns (2)

n. the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition"

Verbs (0)

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (17)

adj. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"

willing

adj. disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

willing

adj. disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

willing

adj. disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

able, capable

adj. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project"

able, capable

adj. have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"

able, able-bodied

adj. having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"

willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"

willing, uncoerced, unforced

adj. not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced"

Fuzzynyms (100)

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"

yielding, obliging, complying

adj. (compliant)

docile

adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

accommodating, accommodative

adj. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

placid, complacent, self-satisfied

adj. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"

compliant, acquiescent, biddable

adj. willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"

good, expert, adept, competent, accomplished, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful

adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"

capable, competent, up to, adequate to, equal to

adj. having the requisite qualities for; "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require"

able, capable

adj. have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"

capable, competent, up to, adequate to, equal to

adj. having the requisite qualities for; "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require"

able, capable

quick, apt, clever

adj. mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

capable

adj. (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet"

good, expert, adept, competent, accomplished, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful

experienced

adj. having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

knowledgeable, versed

adj. thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

qualified

adj. meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"

virtuoso, consummate, masterful, masterly

adj. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"

fine, excellent

adj. of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

professional

adj. (skilled)

efficient

adj. being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"

deft, dexterous, dextrous

adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"

complaisant, obliging

adj. showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"

obedient

adj. dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

willing

adj. disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

tractable

adj. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

submissive

adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

submissive, conformable

adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare

yielding, obedient

adj. inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person"

prepared, inclined, disposed, fain

adj. having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"

ductile, malleable

adj. easily influenced

favorable, favourable

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

good, beneficial, salutary

adj. tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"

suitable

adj. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

docile

adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

accommodating, accommodative

adj. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

placid, complacent, self-satisfied

adj. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"

compliant, acquiescent, biddable

adj. willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"

Synonyms (44)

confident, surefooted

adj. not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani

resourceful

adj. having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"

capable of, susceptible to

adj. being susceptible to or admitting of something: "a passage capable of misinterpretation"

crazy

adj. possessed by inordinate excitement; "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"

impatient, raring

adj. restless or short of temper under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism"

overeager

adj. excessively eager; "overeager in his pursuit of the girl"

set, set to, fit to, ready to, poised to, primed to

adj. (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time"

prepared

adj. made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"

quick, prompt

adj. quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile"

ripe

adj. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"

compliant

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"

inclined

adj. (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"

ready

adj. completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read"

voluntary

adj. of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"

effective, efficient

adj. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"

qualified

adj. legally qualified; "a competent witness"

workmanlike

adj. worthy of a good workman; "a competent job"; "the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index"

conditioned, in condition

adj. physically fit; "exercised daily to keep herself in condition"

yielding, obliging, complying

adj. (compliant)

nonresistant

adj. offering no resistance

by choice

adj. not by chance

free, self-determining

adj. acting on one's own initiative; "man is a voluntary agent"

intentional, willful, wilful

adj. done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

freewill, free-will

adj. "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"

self-imposed

adj. voluntarily assumed or endured; "self-imposed exile"

volunteer, unpaid

adj. without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"

Antonyms (18)

incapable

adj. (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability; "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"

unwilling

adj. not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"

involuntary

adj. not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy

reluctant, loath, loth

adj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"

unable, not able

adj. (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds"

incompetent

adj. not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"

inadequate, bungling, feckless, ineffective, inept

adj. generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"

ineffective, uneffective

adj. not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

defiant

adj. boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"

involuntary

adj. not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy

willing and able

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