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Antonyms for volunteer
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : vol-uh n-teer |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɒl ənˈtɪər |
Definition of volunteer
Origin :- c.1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from Middle French voluntaire, noun use of adj. meaning "voluntary," from Latin voluntarius "voluntary, of one's free will" (see voluntary). Non-military sense is first recorded 1630s. The verb is first recorded 1755, from the noun. Tennessee has been the Volunteer State since the Mexican War, when a call for 2,800 volunteers brought out 30,000 men.
- verb offer to do something
- "Never knew him to volunteer to do a thing before," declared Max.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- In 1792, he enlisted as a volunteer; and in a year he was general of brigade.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Hers is the only army into which no man can be forced, and in which every man is a volunteer.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
- Is my life any more precious than yours, or that of some volunteer Army pilot?
- Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
- There's Charley going out as a volunteer to India, for what or why no one can say.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- But Warren had come as a volunteer, and asked where he should go.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- He came as a volunteer, knew his risk, and was prepared to die.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- You also must believe so, who are here as a volunteer in Russia.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- It was able to secure the services of a volunteer travelers' aid society.
- Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
- After the match was over, Henry might volunteer to black his eye for him, but that was a side issue.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
Synonyms for volunteer
- advance
- bring forward
- chip in
- come forward
- do on one's own volition
- enlist
- go in
- let oneself in for
- offer services
- present
- proffer
- propose
- put at one's disposal
- put forward
- sign up
- speak up
- stand up
- step forward
- submit oneself
- suggest
- take bull by the horns
- take initiative
- take the plunge
- take upon oneself
- tender
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