volunteer - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!

Adjective volunteer has 1 sense

unpaid, volunteer - without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"
Antonyms: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary (indirect, via voluntary)

Noun volunteer has 2 senses

volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary - (military) a person who freely enlists for service
--₁ is a kind of serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
Antonyms: draftee, conscript, inductee
volunteer, unpaid worker - a person who performs voluntary work
--₂ is a kind of worker
--₂ has particulars: candy striper; pledge taker; vigilante, vigilance man
Derived form: verb volunteer₃

Verb volunteer has 3 senses

volunteer - tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
--₁ is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
volunteer, offer - 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"
--₂ is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
They volunteer to move
volunteer - do volunteer work
--₃ is one way to work

Derived forms: noun volunteer₂, noun voluntary₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP