good will

Questions about good will

What does good will mean?

good will means "a disposition to kindness and compassion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for good will?

Close synonyms include grace, goodwill, goodwill, goodwill. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is good will a common word?

good will is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.