'twill

/twɪl/

A form of it — The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.

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'twon't
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Meanings

contraction‛twill
  1. abbreviationcontractionpoeticContraction of it + will.

    Mercutio:No: 'tis not so deepe as a well, nor so wide as a Church doore, but 'tis inough, ’twill serue: aske for me to morrow, and you shall find me a graue man.

    1597, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 1
    1 more example

    “You get the Red Room, Kipper.” “Right-ho.” “I had it last year. ’Tis not as deep as a well nor as wide as a church door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve,” I said, recalling a gag of Jeeves’s.

    1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X

    Synonyms: it’ll, 'tshall

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Contraction of "(i)t will".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with 'twill

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APA

'twill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'twill

MLA

“'twill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'twill. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'twill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'twill.

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