VOLUNTARY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a service or performance
   Hypernyms(s) voluntary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • solo (what does solo mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (military) a person who freely enlists for service
   Synonym(s)
   • military volunteer (what does military volunteer mean?)
   • volunteer (what does volunteer mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) voluntary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • serviceman (what does serviceman mean?)
   • military man (what does military man mean?)
   • man (what does man mean?)
   • military personnel (what does military personnel mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • draftee (what does draftee mean?)
   • conscript (what does conscript mean?)
   • inductee (what does inductee mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • volunteer (what does volunteer mean?)

VOLUNTARY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of your own free will or design
   • not forced or compelled
   Usage Example(s)
   • man is a voluntary agent
   • participation was voluntary
   • voluntary manslaughter
   • voluntary generosity in times of disaster
   • voluntary social workers
   • a voluntary confession
   Antonym(s)
   • involuntary (what does involuntary mean?)
   • nonvoluntary (what does nonvoluntary mean?)
   • unvoluntary (what does unvoluntary mean?)
   Similar To
   • by choice(p) (what does by choice(p) mean?)
   • freewill (what does freewill mean?)
   • intentional (what does intentional mean?)
   • willful (what does willful mean?)
   • wilful (what does wilful mean?)
   • self-imposed (what does self-imposed mean?)
   • uncoerced (what does uncoerced mean?)
   • unforced (what does unforced mean?)
   • willing (what does willing mean?)
   • unpaid (what does unpaid mean?)
   • volunteer(a) (what does volunteer(a) mean?)
   • volitional (what does volitional mean?)
   See Also
   • conscious (what does conscious mean?)
   • willing (what does willing mean?)
2. Meaning
   • controlled by individual volition
   Usage Example(s)
   • voluntary motions
   • voluntary muscles
   Antonym(s)
   • involuntary (what does involuntary mean?)