Volunteer

Meaning of Volunteer

noun
  1. a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.
    a call for volunteers to act as foster-parents
  2. a person who works for an organization without being paid.
    the railway is operated solely by volunteers
verb
  1. freely offer to do something.
    140 employees volunteered for redundancy
    I rashly volunteered to be a contestant
  2. work for an organization without being paid.
    volunteering is an easy way to get involved in practical conservation

late 16th century (as a noun, with military reference): from French volontaire ‘voluntary’. The change in the ending was due to association with -eer.

Information about Volunteer

  • The plural form of Volunteer is: Volunteers.
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Hyphenation of Volunteer

Vol-un-teer

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • Volunteer is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Volunteer synonyms

Meaning unpaid:

unpaid

Meaning military volunteer:

voluntary

Meaning Tennessean:

Tennessean

Meaning offer:

offer

Meaning a person who is the focus of scientific or medical attention or experiment:

subject

Meaning a person who takes part in something:

participant

Meaning an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring:

case

Meaning a person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company:

client

Meaning a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment:

patient

Words that rhyme with Volunteer

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