willpowernoun [ U ]
uk/ˈwɪl.paʊər/us/ˈwɪl.paʊ.ɚ/C2 the ability to control your own thoughts and the way in which you behave:
It took a lot of willpower to stay calm.
I don't have the willpower to diet.
Synonym
determination
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Self-control and moderation
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- command
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous
- dignified
- grip
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- restrict
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
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