Voluntary synonyms and antonyms
vŏl'ən-tĕr'ē
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Part of speech:
Acting in accordance with or resulting from a natural feeling, impulse, or tendency, without any constraint, effort, or premeditation
volutary (related)
Done deliberately; intended:
Of or relating to free exercise of the will
optional (related)
The definition of optional is available, but not required.
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A name used for Korea since the second millennium bc .
Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining.
Of or relating to a selection by vote.
Not invited:
Serving without pay; unsalaried:
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Done intentionally, not by accident
In civil law, intentional, voluntary, knowing; distinguished from accidental, but not necessarily malicious.
Disposed or inclined; prepared:
Of or relating to free exercise of the will
forced (antonym)
Produced or kept up by unusual effort; not natural or spontaneous; strained or constrained
unwilling (antonym)
Not willing or inclined; reluctant; loath; averse
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obligatory (antonym)
Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable:
Not having been compensated; serving without compensation; unpaid.
Without a salary.
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Prospective; future
The definition of purposeful is having a use, or showing determination to achieve a specific aim.
Aware or conscious of something.
pay (related)
Pertaining to or requiring payment.
work (related)
Designating or of heavy-duty clothing designed for wear while engaged in manual or outdoor labor
purpose (related)
Done or said on purpose
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military volunteer
(military) a person who freely enlists for service
draftee (antonym)
A person drafted, esp. one drafted for service in the armed forces
community-voluntary (related)
voluntary-community (related)
not-for-profit (related)
public-sector (related)
advocacy (related)
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vcs (related)
bme (related)
private-sector (related)
community-based (related)
organisation (related)
The definition of willed is someone with determination.
voluntary-sector (related)
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charitable (related)
Synonym Study
- Willful implies obstinate and perverse determination to follow one's own will despite influences, arguments, advice, etc. in opposition a willful refusal
- Deliberate implies full realization of the significance of what one intends to do and of its effects a deliberate lie
- Intentional applies to that which is done on purpose for a definite reason and is in no way accidental an intentional slight
- Voluntary implies the exercise of one's own free choice or will in an action, whether or not external influences are at work voluntary services
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