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Synonyms for volunteer
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. volunteer

    Synonyms:
    offer, proffer, tend, originate

    Antonyms:
    withhold, refuse, suppress

Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 2 votes

  1. volunteer, military volunteer, voluntarynoun

    (military) a person who freely enlists for service

    Synonyms:
    unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary

    Antonyms:
    conscript, draftee, inductee, nonvoluntary, involuntary, unvoluntary

  2. volunteer, unpaid workernoun

    a person who performs voluntary work

    Synonyms:
    unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary

    Antonyms:
    draftee, conscript, inductee, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary, involuntary

  3. Tennessean, Volunteeradjective

    a native or resident of Tennessee

    Synonyms:
    unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary

    Antonyms:
    draftee, inductee, conscript, nonvoluntary, involuntary, unvoluntary

  4. unpaid, volunteer(a)verb

    without payment

    "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"

    Antonyms:
    conscript, draftee, inductee, involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary

  5. volunteerverb

    tell voluntarily

    "He volunteered the information"

    Synonyms:
    offer

    Antonyms:
    conscript, inductee, draftee, unvoluntary, nonvoluntary, involuntary

  6. volunteer, offerverb

    agree freely

    "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"

    Synonyms:
    propose, tender, bid, extend, offer up, declare oneself, provide, offer, proffer, pop the question, put up

    Antonyms:
    draftee, conscript, inductee, involuntary, unvoluntary, nonvoluntary

  7. volunteerverb

    do volunteer work

    Synonyms:
    offer

    Antonyms:
    conscript, inductee, draftee, involuntary, unvoluntary, nonvoluntary

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. volunteerverb

    Synonyms:
    offer, proffer, tender, present

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. volunteernoun

    Antonyms:
    conscript

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. volunteer

    Synonyms:
    Participant (in part), subject

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How to use volunteer in a sentence?

  1. Mike Tetreau:

    Where it's less quantifiable is all the other areas - the volunteer hours from GE employees, the shopping they do in Fairfield, the dining out, that's harder to quantify but has a real impact.

  2. Eugene Obermuller:

    If you really enjoy doing something I think it's worth doing. Even if you're in your 70s,it's worth doing, whether it's a paid job or a volunteer,it’s what keeps us going, i kind of missed everybody.I miss the staff.I keep in touch with people on Facebook but it's just kind of hard for me. This has been a tough year, in the sense that I was recovering, trying to do rehab, andat the same time trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life.

  3. Chris Evans:

    Additionally, the Beto For Texas campaign's voter ID information and voter contact data was shared with and available to Democrats up and down the ticket including Ms. Gina Ortiz Jones, that included the voter IDs collected and created as Beto's campaign knocked 4.1 million doors, made 20.8 million phone calls, and sent 37 million text messages to Texas voters. This was in addition to the more than 750 volunteer offices we opened that benefited candidates up and down the ballot.

  4. Chaplain David Wells:

    However, due to your decision, based on your religious convictions, that you cannot comply with the requirements outlined in DJJ Policy 912, Section IV, Paragraph H, regarding the treatment of LGBTQI youth, I must terminate your involvement as a religious volunteer.

  5. Jon Radulovic:

    This harkens back to the foundation of hospice in the country when it was volunteer-driven.


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