Synonyms for wilful
ˈwɪl fəlwil·ful

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1. wilfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   voluntary

2. wilfuladjective

   stubborn and determined

   Synonyms:
   voluntary

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1. wilful

   Perverse (Latin perversus, turned the wrong way) signifies wilfully wrong or erring, unreasonably set against right, reason, or authority. The stubborn or obstinate person will not do what another desires or requires; the perverse person will do anything contrary to what is desired or required of him. The petulant person frets, but may comply; the perverse individual may be smooth or silent, but is wilfully intractable. Wayward refers to a perverse disregard of morality and duty; froward is practically obsolete; untoward is rarely heard except in certain phrases; as, untoward circumstances. Compare OBSTINATE.

   Synonyms:
   contrary, factious, fractious, froward, intractable, obstinate, perverse, petulant, stubborn, ungovernable, untoward, wayward

   Antonyms:
   accommodating, amenable, complaisant, compliant, genial, governable, kind, obliging

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1. willful, wilfuladjective

   done by design

   "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

   Synonyms:
   froward, headstrong, willful, self-willed

   Antonyms:
   unvoluntary, obedient, involuntary, nonvoluntary

2. froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilfuladjective

   habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

   Synonyms:
   froward, headstrong, willful, self-willed

   Antonyms:
   unvoluntary, obedient, nonvoluntary, involuntary

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1. wilfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Willful.] obstinate, stubborn, perverse, contumacious, refractory, headstrong, unruly, intractable, mulish, dogged, inflexible, heady, self-willed, PIG-HEADED, obdurate, cantankerous

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1. List of paraphrases for "wilful":

   deliberate, intentional, wilfully, premeditated, voluntary, intentionally, willful, advisement, deliberately

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How to use wilful in a sentence?

1. Richard Hasen:

   For the campaign finance violation to be criminal, prosecutors would have to prove a wilful violation, if Trump did not know that he was violating campaign finance laws by directing the spending he would not be criminally liable.

2. Liang Jianwei:

   Although such behavior is not banned by law, passengers should not be too wilful.

3. William Shakespeare:

   To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.