Thesaurus
voluntary
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of VOLUNTARY
1
done, made, or given with one's own free will <a voluntary contribution to the school's fund-raising drive>
Related Words discretionary, elective, optional; impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unpremeditated; conscious, deliberate, intentional, knowing, willful (or wilful)
Near Antonyms compulsory, enforced, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required
2
subject to one's freedom of choice <participation in the resort's recreational activities is strictly voluntary>
3
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing <the legal distinctions between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter>
Synonyms conscious, deliberate, intended, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting
Related Words designed, planned; conscious; advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighed; premeditated, premeditative, prepense; discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer
Near Antonyms inadvertent, unwitting; accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, random; aimless, desultory, purposeless; abrupt, impetuous, sudden; coerced, forced, involuntary; compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required; casual; extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated
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