Definition for Willy nilly:

• Whether I ( he, she, they) want to or not. See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will.

Synonyms for Willy nilly:

• adj.

  •haphazard (adjective)
  • loose,
  • casual,
  • fluke,
  • careless,
  • disorganized,
  • chance,
  • sudden,
  • aimless,
  • devil-may-care,
  • unexpected,
  • incidental,
  • unconscious,
  • irregular,
  • slapdash,
  • offhand,
  • all over the map,
  • unmethodical,
  • desultory,
  • unconcerned,
  • hit-or-miss,
  • purposeless,
  • disorderly,
  • indiscriminate,
  • uncoordinated,
  • slipshod,
  • unthinking,
  • unpremeditated,
  • unorganized,
  • any old way,
  • Designless,
  • unconsidered,
  • reckless,
  • unsystematic,
  • erratic.
  •willy-nilly (adjective)
  • inevitable,
  • unavoidable,
  • ambivalent.

• adv.

  •anyhow (adverb)
  • anyway,
  • around,
  • helter-skelter,
  • in any respect,
  • nevertheless,
  • however,
  • at any rate,
  • in one way or another,
  • about,
  • regardless,
  • whatever happens,
  • under any circumstances,
  • haphazard,
  • in any way,
  • in any case,
  • in either way,
  • willy-nilly,
  • any which way,
  • in whatever way.
  •helplessly (adverb)
  • feebly,
  • weakly,
  • forlorn,
  • dependent,
  • destitute,
  • forsaken,
  • with hands tied.
  •perforce (adverb)
  • Dependently,
  • defenselessly,
  • Abandonedly,
  • powerlessly.

• n.

  •
  • instinctive,
  • random,
  • accidental,
  • by accident,
  • arbitrary,
  • involuntary,
  • unintended,
  • willing,
  • impromptu,
  • coincidental,
  • spontaneous.
  •
  • in haste,
  • with abandon,
  • for no (apparent) reason,
  • casually,
  • anyhow,
  • for nothing.
  •Willy Nilly (noun)
  • every which way,
  • haphazardly,
  • randomly,
  • at random,
  • arbitrarily,
  • indiscriminately.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • idly,
  • involuntarily,
  • perforce,
  • helplessly,
  • airily,
  • necessarily.
  •
  • any old how.

Antonyms for Willy nilly:

• adj.

  • haphazard
    careful, particular, intentional, definite, painstaking, straight, systematic, planned, designed, deliberate, specific, methodical, organized, thought-out.

• adv.

  • irregularly
    regularly, evenly.
  • necessarily
    questionably, unnecessarily, doubtfully.