voluntary

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ /หˆvษ‘หlษ™nteri/ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง /หˆvษ’lษ™ntri/
Frequency
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Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
adjective
B2

done because you want to, not because you have to

She made a voluntary decision to help.

B2

done without pay, by choice

He does voluntary work at the hospital.

B2

working without pay, by choice

The shelter relies on voluntary helpers.

R

able to be controlled

Breathing is mostly voluntary.

noun
R

music played in church, often on an organ

The organist played a voluntary.

translation

adj. done because you want to, not because you have to; done without pay, by choice; working without pay, by choice; able to be controlled
n. music played in church, often on an organ

Word Forms

Plural voluntaries

Synonyms

deliberate adj. ๆ•…ๆ„็š„, ๆ…Ž้‡็š„ intended adj. ๆ‰“็ฎ—ๅš็š„, ไธบ็‰นๅฎšๅฏน่ฑกๅˆถไฝœ็š„ optional adj. ๅฏ้€‰็š„ intentional adj. ๆ•…ๆ„็š„ volunteer n. ๅฟ—ๆ„ฟ่€…, ่‡ชๆ„ฟๆไพ›ๅธฎๅŠฉ็š„ไบบ, ๅฟ—ๆ„ฟๅ…ต conscious adj. ๆ„่ฏ†ๅˆฐ็š„, ๆธ…้†’็š„, ๆ•…ๆ„็š„, ๅ…ณๆณจ็š„, ่‡ช่ง‰็š„ willing adj. ๆ„ฟๆ„็š„, ็ƒญๅฟƒ็š„

Antonyms

inadvertent adj. ๆ— ๆ„็š„ unintentional adj. ๆ— ๆ„็š„ involuntary adj. ๆ— ๆ„่ฏ†็š„, ้žๆœฌๆ„็š„ forced adj. ่ขซ่ฟซ็š„, ๅ‹‰ๅผบ็š„ compulsory adj. ๅผบๅˆถ็š„ obligatory adj. ๅผบๅˆถๆ€ง็š„, ๆƒฏๅธธ็š„ mandatory adj. ๅผบๅˆถๆ€ง็š„ accidental adj. ๅถ็„ถ็š„ chance n. ๅฏ่ƒฝๆ€ง, ๆœบไผš, ้ฃŽ้™ฉ, ๅถ็„ถ random adj. ้šๆœบ็š„, ้™Œ็”Ÿ็š„, ้šๆ„็š„

Similar Words

voluntarily adv. ่‡ชๆ„ฟๅœฐ, ๆ— ๅฟๅœฐ voluptuary n. ไบซไน่€… involuntary adj. ๆ— ๆ„่ฏ†็š„, ้žๆœฌๆ„็š„