Definition of Volunteer

1. Noun. (military) a person who freely enlists for service.

Exact synonyms: Military Volunteer, Voluntary
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Man, Military Man, Military Personnel, Serviceman
Derivative terms: Voluntary
Antonyms: Draftee

2. Verb. Tell voluntarily. "He volunteered the information"
Generic synonyms: Inform

3. Adjective. Without payment. "A volunteer fire department"
Exact synonyms: Unpaid
Similar to: Voluntary

4. Noun. A person who performs voluntary work.
Exact synonyms: Unpaid Worker
Generic synonyms: Worker
Specialized synonyms: Candy Striper, Pledge Taker, Vigilance Man, Vigilante

5. Verb. Agree freely. "They volunteer to move "; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"
Exact synonyms: Offer
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Offer

6. Noun. A native or resident of Tennessee.
Exact synonyms: Tennessean
Generic synonyms: American

7. Verb. Do volunteer work.
Generic synonyms: Work
Derivative terms: Voluntary

Definition of Volunteer

1. n. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

2. a. Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.

3. v. t. To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.

4. v. i. To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.

5. n. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

6. a. Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.

7. v. t. To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.

8. v. i. To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.

Definition of Volunteer

1. Noun. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay. ¹

2. Noun. (military) One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor. ¹

4. Noun. (botany) A plant that grows in disturbed soil. ¹

5. Noun. A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Volunteer

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Volunteer

voluntary guarding
voluntary health agencies
voluntary hospital
voluntary muscle
voluntary muscles
voluntary mutism
voluntary nystagmus
voluntary waste
voluntary work
voluntary workers
voluntaryism
voluntaryisms
voluntaryist
voluntaryists
voluntas ordinata
volunteer (current term)
volunteer(a)
volunteered
volunteering
volunteerism
volunteerisms
volunteers
voluntell
voluntold
voluntourism
voluntourist
voluntourists
volupere
voluperes
volupties

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