Synonyms and Antonyms of goodwill
1
kindly concern, interest, or support
- the long tradition of goodwill that exists between the United States and Canada
amity, benevolence, brotherhood, charity, cordiality, cordialness, fellowship, friendliness, friendship, gemütlichkeit, good-fellowship, kindliness, neighborliness
bonhomie, camaraderie, collegiality, community, companionship, company, comradeship
civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport, rapprochement
charity, generosity
affinity, communion, empathy, kindness, sympathy, tolerance
altruism, philanthropy, selflessness, unselfishness
disfavor, intolerance
animosity, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hate, hatred, hostility, incivility, malice, rancor
belligerency, quarrelsomeness, querulousness
2
cheerful readiness to do something
- took on the task of coaching the soccer team with lots of zeal and goodwill
celerity, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness
dispatch, promptitude, promptness
ardor, avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, exuberance, fervor, gusto, keenness, relish, zeal, zest
agreeableness, geniality, good-naturedness, heartiness, warmth
open-mindedness, receptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness
leisureliness, pokiness, slowness, sluggishness
apathy, disinterestedness, halfheartedness, indifference, lukewarmness, perfunctoriness
delay, dilatoriness, doubt, equivocation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, reluctance, reservation, reticence, uncertainty, vacillation
disinclination, indisposition, recalcitrance, resistance, unwillingness
antipathy, averseness, aversion
