<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--XBRL Document Created with Wdesk from Workiva-->
<!--Copyright 2020 Workiva-->
<!--r:5b90246f-cdb9-423a-bb0b-7ce1c6f97e9f,g:75bbb075-f874-44d9-8b23-b63e9438b084-->
<link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#all"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member"/>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://www.weatherford.com/role/DocumentandEntityInformation" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wft-20200805.xsd#DocumentandEntityInformation"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://www.weatherford.com/role/DocumentandEntityInformation" xlink:type="extended" id="i8594f90ace9d49c78d4da2ba52d1766f_DocumentandEntityInformation">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_a8c3ad44-c0cb-4588-984f-b926c1beaf9a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_452c4875-9da0-426f-baa1-97fc056b09f3" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_a8c3ad44-c0cb-4588-984f-b926c1beaf9a" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_452c4875-9da0-426f-baa1-97fc056b09f3" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationDocumentAxis_a43372f8-1b98-430b-adc3-3b9fdbfa6163" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationDocumentAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_452c4875-9da0-426f-baa1-97fc056b09f3" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentInformationDocumentAxis_a43372f8-1b98-430b-adc3-3b9fdbfa6163" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentDomain_a43372f8-1b98-430b-adc3-3b9fdbfa6163_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_DocumentDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationDocumentAxis_a43372f8-1b98-430b-adc3-3b9fdbfa6163" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentDomain_a43372f8-1b98-430b-adc3-3b9fdbfa6163_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentDomain_830244d2-f4da-4a43-a67c-1f80ed022fe8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_DocumentDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationDocumentAxis_a43372f8-1b98-430b-adc3-3b9fdbfa6163" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentDomain_830244d2-f4da-4a43-a67c-1f80ed022fe8" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
</link:linkbase>
