The company appealed for people to take voluntary resignation.
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Voluntary
//ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi//
Synonyms for "voluntary" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
overtureplannedpostulatepreambleprefaceprefixprefixturepreliminarypreludepremeditatedpremisepresuppositionproemprofferedprojectedprolegomenaprolegomenonprolepsisprologueproposed
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protasispurposedpurposefulpurposiveself imposedself-actingself-activeself-determinedself-determiningspontaneousstudiedteleologicalunaskedunbesoughtunbiddenuncalled foruncalled-foruncoerceduncompelledunconstrainedunforceduninfluenceduninvitedunpressuredunpromptedunrequestedunrequiredunsolicitedunsoughtvampversevolitionalvorspielwillingwitting
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(1 words)
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More general
2 entriesAntonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
11 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
107 translations across 44 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- vullnetar adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- vullnetar adj (of or relating to voluntaryism)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἑκούσιος adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Armenian
1 entries- կամավոր adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- könüllü adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Bengali
1 entries- নফল adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безплатен adj (working or done without payment)
- доброво́лен adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- умишлен adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
Catalan
1 entries- voluntari adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Czech
2 entries- dobrovolný adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- dobrovolný adj (working or done without payment)
Dutch
1 entries- vrijwillig adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Esperanto
1 entries- volonta adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Finnish
4 entries- halukas adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- omaehtoinen adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- suunniteltu adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- tahallinen adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
French
2 entries- bénévole adj (working or done without payment)
- volontaire adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Galician
1 entries- voluntario adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Georgian
4 entries- განზრახული adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- თვითნებური adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- მოხალისეობრივი adj (working or done without payment)
- ნებაყოფლობითი adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
German
3 entries- ehrenamtlich adj (working or done without payment)
- freiwillig adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- ohne Bezahlung adj (working or done without payment)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Greek
4 entries- εθελοντικός adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- εθελοντικός adj (working or done without payment)
- εθελούσιος adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- εκούσιος adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Hindi
2 entries- स्वेच्छा adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- स्वैच्छिक adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
Hungarian
4 entries- akaratlagos adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- fizetetlen adj (working or done without payment)
- fizetés nélküli adj (working or done without payment)
- szándékos adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
Icelandic
1 entries- frjáls adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Ido
3 entries- volunta adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- voluntala adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- voluntanta adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Indonesian
4 entries- rela hati adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- sukarela adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- swakarsa adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- volunter adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Interlingua
1 entries- voluntari adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Italian
4 entries- deliberato adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- di propria iniziativa adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- gratuito adj (working or done without payment)
- intenzionale adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
Japanese
1 entries- 志願して adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Latin
2 entries- ultrōneus adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- voluntarius adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Latvian
1 entries- brīvprātīgs adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Malayalam
1 entries- സ്വമേധയാ adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Norman
1 entries- volontaithe adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xwewîst adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Old English
1 entries- selfwille adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Polish
4 entries- celowy adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- dobrowolny adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- ochotniczy adj (working or done without payment)
- umyślny adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
Portuguese
4 entries- voluntário adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- voluntário adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- voluntário adj (working or done without payment)
- voluntário adj (of or relating to voluntaryism)
Romanian
3 entries- benevol adj (working or done without payment)
- voit adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- voluntar adj (working or done without payment)
Russian
1 entries- доброво́льный adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- saor-thoileach adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- saor-thoileach adj (working or done without payment)
Slovene
4 entries- nameren adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- prostovoljen adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- prostovoljen adj (working or done without payment)
- prostovoljski adj (working or done without payment)
Spanish
1 entries- voluntario adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Swedish
1 entries- frivillig adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Tagalog
1 entries- pakusa adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Telugu
1 entries- స్వచ్ఛంద adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Turkish
4 entries- istemli adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
- istemli adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- kasti adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
- kasıtlı adj (done by design or intention; intentional)
Ukrainian
1 entries- доброві́льний adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Uzbek
1 entries- ixtiyoriy adj (done, given, or acting of one's own free will)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
That organization depends on voluntary contributions.
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This organization relies entirely on voluntary donations.
Source: tatoeba (58042)
He made a voluntary contribution to the school.
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