Volunteer Definition
vŏlən-tîr
volunteered, volunteering, volunteers
noun
volunteers
A person who chooses freely to do or offer to do something.
Webster's New World
A person who chooses freely to enter naval or military service, without being compelled to do so by law.
Webster's New World
A volunteer plant.
Webster's New World
A person who chooses freely to enter into a transaction with no promise of compensation.
Webster's New World
A person to whom property is transferred without valuable consideration.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- unpaid worker
- tennessean
- military volunteer
- voluntary
- aide
- missionary
- charity worker
- enlistee
- voluntary soldier
- enlisted man
Antonyms:
adjective
Composed of volunteers, as an army.
Webster's New World
Serving as a volunteer, usually without compensation.
Webster's New World
Growing from seed that has fallen naturally to the ground, not planted by a person.
Webster's New World
Of a volunteer or volunteers.
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Synonyms:
verb
volunteered, volunteering, volunteers
To freely choose to offer or give without being asked or obliged.
Webster's New World
To compel (someone) to do something.
We were volunteered to do the dishes.
American Heritage
To freely choose to enter or offer to enter into any service; enlist.
Webster's New World
To perform or offer to perform a service of one's own free will.
American Heritage
To do charitable or helpful work without pay.
Many retirees volunteer in community service and day care centers.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- offer
- voluntary
- enlist
- tender
- suggest
- proffer
- unpaid
- take-the-plunge
- take the bit between one's teeth
- stand on one's own feet
- take-the-bull-by-the-horns
- do on one's own hook
- chip in
- go in
- stand up and be counted
Other Word Forms of Volunteer
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