Synonyms for willpower
willpow·er

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1. self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-willnoun

   the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

   Synonyms:
   pigheadedness, obstinance, ownership, obstinacy, self-discipline, will power, self-control, possession, self-will, self-command, stubbornness, self-possession, monomania, bullheadedness, self-denial

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1. List of paraphrases for "willpower":

   willingness

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1. Bill Shine:

   They don't want people to be healthy, if people were really healthy -- everyone is fat and overweight -- and the next half-hour we're going to talk about how we can cut back on our favorite summer foods and cut calories with Cooking Light executive chef -- but if they keep everyone fat and overweight and diabetic and cancer-ridden and stupid and sick, no one has any willpower to fight back or even think for themselves. That's what the goal is.

2. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   Nicholas Alahverdian said, It's going to take willpower, energy and effective management to provide for the overhaul of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families

3. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf:

   The young and God-believing Iranian scientists managed to achieve a 60% enriched uranium product, i congratulate the brave nation of Islamic Iran on this success. The Iranian nation’s willpower is miraculous and can defuse any conspiracy.

4. Roy Baumeister:

   It takes less willpower and less energy to carry things out by habit than to decide to do them each time.

5. Novak Djokovic:

   She's great fighter. As dedicated as someone can really be in our sport, the willpower an the willingness to kind of overcome all the obstacles she had, especially... with injuries and surgeries and trying to fight back, come back to the court and play on her desired level.