will power

1. 1.

   the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

   Synonymsself-controlself-possessionpossessionwillpowerself-commandself-will

   Broaderresoluteness

   Narrowernervespresence of mind

Questions about will power

What does will power mean?

will power means "the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior".

What is another word for will power?

Close synonyms include self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command. 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 will power a common word?

will power is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.