Synonyms for volunteer
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. volunteer

   Synonyms:
   offer, proffer, tend, originate

   Antonyms:
   withhold, refuse, suppress

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Inform
   • Work

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. volunteerverb

   Synonyms:
   offer, proffer, tender, present

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. volunteernoun

   Antonyms:
   conscript

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "volunteer":

   volunteers, voluntary, volunteering, volunteerism, voluntarism, volunteered, volunteer-based, unv

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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. Yuu Wakebe:

   It is actually a worker's right to take paid vacations, but working in Japan involves quite a lot of a volunteer spirit.

3. Anne Dunsmore:

   What he's done is he's hurt people in their homes. We didn't make that up, we don't have to tell people that. We just have to say,' Over here. If Anne Dunsmore're angry, here's what Anne Dunsmore can do about it : Come in, volunteer, sign the petition, give money,'.

4. Kyle Kashuv:

   It’s great to see these kids here because these are the leaders in their high school campuses. These are the kids who are going to energize and motivate other kids to come out to vote and to volunteer and to push conservative values.

5. Jorge Neri:

   Had we had cleaner lists, had we had not such a transient population, we would be focused more on the volunteer recruitment.