voluntary
adjectiveHow many syllables in voluntary?
There are 4 syllables in the word voluntary.How to pronounce voluntary:
Definition of voluntary:
- voluntary (adjective):
- done or undertaken by free choice
- proceeding from the will or from one's own choice or consent
- of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled.
Synonyms for voluntary:
calculated
conscious
deliberate
discretionary
done on purpose
elective
freewill
intended
intentional
optional
planned
purposed
self-imposed
spontaneous
studied
uncoerced
unforced
unpaid
volitional
volunteer
wilful
willful
willing
Antonyms for voluntary:
paid
professional
remunerated
repaid
rewarded
salaried
waged
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- disappearing
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- estimating
- admonishment
- unstintingly
- remonstration
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- infamously
- defamation
- checkerboarding
- cappuccino
- drepanocyte
- consistencies
- coincidental
- preventative
- garrulity
- cryptophytic
- intriguingly
- culinary
- creativeness
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- reproachfully
- redistribute
- overusing
- emphasising
- arrhythmia
- superpower
- overtaken
- opulently
- Mycenaean
- millimeter
- insensitive
- encouragement
- amputation
- ambassador
- kilometre
- directory
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- deprivation
- curmudgeon
- exorbitant
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