Volunteer Synonyms and Antonyms

vŏlən-tîr
Someone who offers his or her services freely
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. voluntary
  2. enlistee
  3. enlisted man
  4. voluntary soldier
  5. unpaid worker
  6. tennessean
  7. military volunteer
  8. charity worker
  9. missionary
  10. aide
Antonyms:
  1. draftee
To make a proposal
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. offer
  2. suggest
  3. proffer
  4. tender
  5. extend
  6. enlist
  7. present
  8. bring-forward
  9. unpaid
  10. voluntary
To offer one's services
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. come-forward
  2. enlist
  3. sign up
  4. submit oneself
  5. avoid conscription
  6. take the initiative
  7. present oneself
  8. offer oneself
  9. do on one's own volition
  10. do of one's own free will
  11. do on one's own authority
  12. take upon oneself
  13. speak-up
  14. stand up and be counted
  15. go in
  16. chip in
  17. do on one's own hook
  18. take-the-bull-by-the-horns
  19. stand on one's own feet
  20. take the bit between one's teeth
  21. paddle one's own canoe
  22. take-the-plunge
Antonyms:
  1. obligate
  2. force
  3. compel
A person who performs voluntary work
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. unpaid worker
Without payment
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. unpaid

Words Related to Volunteer

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Volunteer Sentence Examples

  • The camp ground was manned on a volunteer basis.

  • I volunteer to sleep there tonight, if the love of my life is willing to come along.

  • She turned to Ryland, who looked like he wanted to volunteer for disappearance in the witness protection program.

  • As I passed by the volunteer resident keeper's site, I saw an elderly couple in lounge chairs by a cold fire pit.

  • At the last moment he hesitated, but Crispi succeeded in persuading him to sail from Genoa on the 5th of May 1860 with two vessels carrying a volunteer corps of 1070 strong.

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