Synonyms & related words for velleities

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Words related to velleities

Explore words related to velleities — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include desirer, desire, wish, unwish, volition, ambition, hankering, orectic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does velleities come from?

The word velleities breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: vell, from Latin velle (“to wish, will”); -eit, from Latin -itas (“quality, state”); and -ies, from Latin -es (“plural”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.