Volunteers

Meaning of Volunteers

plural 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, 3rd person present
  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 Volunteers

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

Vol-un-teers

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • Volunteers is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Volunteers synonyms

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

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