Antonyms for VOLUNTEER
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer

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1. volunteer

   Antonyms:
   withhold, refuse, suppress

   Synonyms:
   offer, proffer, tend, originate

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Inform
   • Work

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. volunteer, military volunteer, voluntarynoun

   (military) a person who freely enlists for service

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

   Synonyms:
   unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer

2. volunteer, unpaid workernoun

   a person who performs voluntary work

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

   Synonyms:
   unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer

3. Tennessean, Volunteeradjective

   a native or resident of Tennessee

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

   Synonyms:
   unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary

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"

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

   Synonyms:
   offer

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"

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

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

7. volunteerverb

   do volunteer work

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

   Synonyms:
   offer

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1. volunteernoun

   Antonyms:
   conscript

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. volunteer

   Synonyms:
   Participant (in part), subject

How to use VOLUNTEER in a sentence?

1. Gaius Julius Caesar:

   It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

2. Norma Jean Mattei:

   The problem is, people do not think beyond the immediate future. And they certainly do not think beyond their life expectancy, you're never going to get unit owners to vote to pay more money. So you have to have less discretion on the board level of a volunteer board. It has to be,' Well we don't have a choice.'.

3. Caroline Vandergriff/KOKH -RRB- Hoffman:

   When I dropped off her photo at the Humane Society, a volunteer gasped and said, ‘Is this Bridget?’ The support was overwhelming.

4. Lyle Ungar:

   Go volunteer, spend time at a charity, give something of yourself. The people who are doing fine in that way are living longer.

5. 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.

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