Antonyms for volunteer
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer

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

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

2. volunteer, unpaid workernoun

   a person who performs voluntary work

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

   Synonyms:
   unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary

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, 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. Jorge Neri:

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

2. Chad Griffin:

   The vote by the executive committee to recommend that gay, lesbian and bisexual adults be allowed to work and volunteer for the Boy Scouts is a welcome step toward erasing a stain on one of our nation's most storied organizations, but writing in an exemption for troops organized by religious organizations undermines the potentially historic nature of today's vote.

3. Winston Lawson:

   Lee Harvey Oswald just answered the questions as asked to Lee Harvey Oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald didn't volunteer any information. Lee Harvey Oswald sat there quite stoically, not much of an expression on Lee Harvey Oswald face.

4. Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

   The response to the bushfire situation has been unprecedented with thousands of volunteer and paid responders working around the clock, day and night, week after week to protect property and save lives.

5. Linda Fried:

   Medicare could cover your co-pays for every year of volunteer work, or even a year or two of free Part B coverage. It would be a great way to invest in the health of enrollees.

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