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English adjective: volunteer | |||
| 1. | volunteer without payment | ||
| Samples | The soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers. A volunteer fire department. | ||
| Synonyms | unpaid | ||
| Similar | voluntary | ||
| Antonyms | involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary | ||
English noun: volunteer | |||
| 1. | volunteer (person) (military) a person who freely enlists for service | ||
| Synonyms | military volunteer, voluntary | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | man, military man, military personnel, serviceman | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| Antonyms | conscript, draftee, inductee | ||
| 2. | volunteer (person) a person who performs voluntary work | ||
| Synonyms | unpaid worker | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | worker | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | candy striper, pledge taker, vigilance man, vigilante | ||
| 3. | Volunteer (person) a native or resident of Tennessee | ||
| Synonyms | Tennessean | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | American | ||
English verb: volunteer | |||
| 1. | volunteer (communication) tell voluntarily | ||
| Samples | He volunteered the information. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inform | ||
| 2. | volunteer (social) agree freely | ||
| Samples | She volunteered to drive the old lady home. I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it. | ||
| Examples | They volunteer to move | ||
| Synonyms | offer | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| 3. | volunteer (social) do volunteer work | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
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