Involuntary

/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/

Synonyms for "involuntary" (113 found)

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Closest matches (23)

at oddsautomatic averse binding blind casual compulsive compulsory conditioned cursory dictated differing disagreeing disinclined disobedient

Adjective(7 words)

automaticautomatic processautomatic responseautonomicautonomic responsecoerced compulsory

Adjective(1 words)

compulsory

Strong matches (34)

forced fractious gut habitual ill-advised ill-considered ill-devised imperative impulsive inadvertent indeliberate indisposed indocile inevitable inherent innate instinctive instinctual libidinal mandatory

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mechanical mutinous natural necessarynot in the moodobligatory opposed

Adjective(3 words)

forcedinstinctive urgenonvoluntary

Noun(3 words)

forced marriagehiccoughing hiccuping

Verb(1 words)

forcing relocation

Related words (56)

perfunctory recalcitrant reflex reflexive refractory required resistant snap spontaneous subliminal sulky sullen unadvised uncalculated unconscious unconsenting unconsidered uncontrollable uncontrolled undeliberate

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undeliberated undesigned unguarded unguided unintended unintentional unlearned unmeant unmeditated unplanned unpremeditated unprompted unpurposed unstudied unthinkingunthought ofunthought-of unwilled unwilling unwitting

Adjective(11 words)

reflex movementreflex tearreflexivereflexive tearreflexive tearingunbidden uncontrolled unintentional unvolitional unvoluntary unwilled

Noun(2 words)

stimulus responseunconscious being

Adjective(3 words)

unintended unintentional unvoluntary

Related word relations

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More general

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actionadministrative actionautonomic functionbehaviorlegal actionmotor controlphysiological processresponsestate action

More specific

9 entries

automatic responsecardiac rhythmglandular secretioninvoluntary commitmentinvoluntary detentioninvoluntary hospitalizationreflex actionsmooth muscle contractionunconscious movement

Collocations

6 entries

involuntary commitmentinvoluntary detentioninvoluntary manslaughterinvoluntary movementinvoluntary muscleinvoluntary reflex

Inflections

2 entries

more involuntarymost involuntary

Derivations

2 entries

involuntarily involuntariness

Antonyms

1 entries

voluntary

similar

11 entries

automatic autonomic driven forced goaded reflex reflexive unconscious unwilled unwilling vegetative

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

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Breathing is an involuntary bodily process.

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After a lengthy trial, the woman was sentenced to 5 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.

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Do you ever have involuntary urination?

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