velleity (0 synonym found)

We don't have synonyms for velleity yet — it may be a rare, specialized, newly coined, or misspelled word. The closest thesaurus entries we have are velocity, velvety and nolleity.


We don't have any synonyms for velleity yet.

Did you mean…

Think velleity belongs in the thesaurus? Recommend it and we'll take a look.


Definition of velleity:

(n) : the lowest degree of desire or volition, with no effort to act; a slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain
"1973: This connoisseuse of "splendid weaknesses", run not by any lust or even velleity but by vacuum: by the absence of human hope. -- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow"

Definition of velleity:

(n) : the lowest degree of desire or volition, with no effort to act; a slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain
"1973: This connoisseuse of "splendid weaknesses", run not by any lust or even velleity but by vacuum: by the absence of human hope. -- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow"

Back to Top