VOLUNTEER
Dictionary entry overview: What does Volunteer mean?
• VOLUNTEER (noun)
The noun VOLUNTEER has 3 senses:
1. (military) a person who freely enlists for service
2. a person who performs voluntary work
3. a native or resident of Tennessee
Familiarity information: VOLUNTEER used as a noun is uncommon.
• VOLUNTEER (adjective)
The adjective VOLUNTEER has 1 sense:
1. without payment
Familiarity information: VOLUNTEER used as an adjective is very rare.
• VOLUNTEER (verb)
The verb VOLUNTEER has 3 senses:
1. tell voluntarily
2. agree freely
3. do volunteer work
Familiarity information: VOLUNTEER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• VOLUNTEER (noun)
Meaning:
(military) a person who freely enlists for service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
volunteer; voluntary; military volunteer
Hypernyms ("volunteer" is a kind of...):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Antonym:
draftee (someone who is drafted into military service)
Meaning:
A person who performs voluntary work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
unpaid worker; volunteer
Hypernyms ("volunteer" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volunteer"):
candy striper (a volunteer worker in a hospital)
pledge taker (a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive)
vigilance man; vigilante (member of a vigilance committee)
Meaning:
A native or resident of Tennessee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Tennessean; Volunteer
Hypernyms ("Volunteer" is a kind of...):
American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
• VOLUNTEER (adjective)
Meaning:
Without payment
Synonyms:
volunteer; unpaid
Context examples:
the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers / a volunteer fire department
Similar:
voluntary (of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled)
• VOLUNTEER (verb)
Meaning:
Tell voluntarily
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He volunteered the information
Hypernyms (to "volunteer" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Agree freely
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
volunteer; offer
Context examples:
She volunteered to drive the old lady home / I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it
Hypernyms (to "volunteer" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They volunteer to move
Meaning:
Do volunteer work
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "volunteer" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
