willpower

Other forms of willpower

plural

willpowers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about willpower

What does willpower mean?

willpower means "the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior".

How many syllables are in willpower?

willpower has 3 syllables: will-po-wer. The stress falls on "will". In IPA it is /ˈwɪlˌpaʊɚ/.

What is another word for willpower?

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

willpower 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.

What rhymes with willpower?

7 words rhyme with willpower. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.