Others engage in volunteer work.
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Volunteer
//ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə//
Synonyms for "volunteer" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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More general
7 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescapable of
4 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
238 translations across 64 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- vullnetar noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Arabic
4 entries- مُتَطَوِّع noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- مُتَطَوِّع noun (voluntary soldier)
- مُتَطَوِّع noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
- مُتَطَوِّعَة noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Armenian
1 entries- կամավոր noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- könüllü noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- könüllü yazılmaq verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
Bashkir
1 entries- ирекмән noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Belarusian
4 entries- валанцёр noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- валанцёр noun (voluntary soldier)
- валанцёрка noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- валанцёрка noun (voluntary soldier)
Bulgarian
4 entries- диворастящ noun (volunteer plant)
- доброво́лец noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- доброво́лец noun (voluntary soldier)
- постъпвам доброволец verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
Burmese
1 entries- စေတနာ့ဝန်ထမ်း noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Catalan
1 entries- voluntari noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Central Melanau
1 entries- volentir noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 志願兵 /志愿兵 noun (voluntary soldier)
- 志願者 /志愿者 noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- 志願者 /志愿者 noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
- 自告奮勇 /自告奋勇 verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
Czech
2 entries- dobrovolnice noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- dobrovolník noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Danish
1 entries- frivillig noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Dutch
4 entries- vrijwilliger noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- vrijwilliger noun (voluntary soldier)
- vrijwilligster noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- vrijwilligen verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
Estonian
1 entries- vabatahtlik noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Finnish
4 entries- vapaaehtoinen noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- vapaaehtoinen noun (voluntary soldier)
- vapaaehtoinen noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
- villikasvi noun (volunteer plant)
French
4 entries- bénévole noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- volontaire noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- volontaire noun (voluntary soldier)
- se porter volontaire verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
Galician
2 entries- presentarse voluntario verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
- saír voluntario verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
Georgian
3 entries- მოხალისე noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- მოხალისე noun (voluntary soldier)
- მოხალისე noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
German
4 entries- Ehrenamtliche noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- Ehrenamtlicher noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- Freiwillige noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- Freiwillige noun (voluntary soldier)
Greek
1 entries- εθελοντής noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Hebrew
4 entries- מתנדב noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- מתנדב noun (voluntary soldier)
- מתנדבת noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- מתנדבת noun (voluntary soldier)
Hindi
2 entries- वालंटियर noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- स्वयंसेवक noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Hungarian
4 entries- önkéntes noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- ajánl verb (to offer the services of (someone else) to do something)
- felajánl (ja a segítségét) verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
- javasol verb (to offer the services of (someone else) to do something)
Icelandic
1 entries- sjálfboðaliði noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Irish
1 entries- óglach noun (voluntary soldier)
Italian
4 entries- volontaria noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- volontario noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- offrirsi verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
- offrirsi volontario verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
Japanese
4 entries- ボランティア noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- 志願兵 noun (voluntary soldier)
- 志願者 noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
- 有志 noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Kazakh
1 entries- ерікті noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Khmer
2 entries- អ្នកស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- ស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
Korean
4 entries- 볼런티어 noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- 의용병 noun (voluntary soldier)
- 지원군 noun (voluntary soldier)
- 지원병 noun (voluntary soldier)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ыктыярчы noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Lao
3 entries- ຜູ້ອາສາສະໝັກ noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- ສະຫມັກ verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
- ສະໝັກ verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
Latin
2 entries- volo noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- voluntārius noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Latvian
4 entries- brīvprātīgais noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- brīvprātīgais noun (voluntary soldier)
- brīvprātīgais noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
- brīvprātīgs noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Lithuanian
2 entries- savanoris noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- savanorė noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Macedonian
2 entries- волонте́р noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- доброволец noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Malay
2 entries- sukarelawan noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- volenter noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Māori
3 entries- kaitūao noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- kaitūao noun (voluntary soldier)
- tūao verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
Norman
1 entries- volontaithe noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- frivillig noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Pannonian Rusyn
4 entries- волонтер noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- волонтер noun (voluntary soldier)
- волонтерка noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- волонтерка noun (voluntary soldier)
Persian
1 entries- داوْطَلَب noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Polish
4 entries- ochotniczka noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- ochotniczka noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
- ochotnik noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- ochotnik noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
Portuguese
3 entries- voluntário noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- voluntário noun (voluntary soldier)
- voluntário noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
Romanian
3 entries- voluntar noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- voluntar noun (voluntary soldier)
- voluntară noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Russian
4 entries- волонтёр noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- волонтёр noun (voluntary soldier)
- волонтёрка noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- волонтёрка noun (voluntary soldier)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- neach-deònach noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- saor-thoileach noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- saor-thoileach noun (voluntary soldier)
- saor-thoileach noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dobrovóljac noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- dobrovóljac noun (voluntary soldier)
- volòntēr noun (voluntary soldier)
- воло̀нте̄р noun (voluntary soldier)
Slovak
2 entries- dobrovoľník noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- dobrovoľníčka noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Slovene
4 entries- prostovoljec noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- prostovoljka noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- samosevec noun (volunteer plant)
- samosevka noun (volunteer plant)
Spanish
4 entries- voluntario noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- acomedirse verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
- avoluntariar verb (to offer the services of (someone else) to do something)
- avoluntariarse verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
Swedish
2 entries- frivillig noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- volontär noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Tajik
1 entries- довталаб noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Thai
1 entries- อาสาสมัคร noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Tibetan
3 entries- དྭང་བླངས་བྱེད་མཁན noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- དྭང་བླངས་བྱས verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
- དྭང་བླངས་བྱས verb (to do or offer to do something voluntarily)
Turkish
1 entries- gönüllü noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Turkmen
1 entries- meýletinçi noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Ukrainian
4 entries- волонте́р noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- волонте́р noun (voluntary soldier)
- волонте́рка noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- волонте́рка noun (voluntary soldier)
Urdu
2 entries- رَضا کار noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- والَنْٹِیَر noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Uyghur
1 entries- پىدائىي noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Uzbek
1 entries- koʻngilli noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Vietnamese
4 entries- người thiện nguyện noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- người tình nguyện noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- quân tình nguyện noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- thiện nguyện viên noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
Welsh
4 entries- gwirfoddolwr noun (one who voluntarily offers themselves for service)
- gwirfoddolwr noun (voluntary soldier)
- gwirfoddolwr noun (one who acts without legal obligation)
- gwirfoddoli verb (to enlist oneself as a volunteer)
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The volunteer group provides war victims with food and medicine.
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The volunteer group provided the villagers with water.
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The activities of the volunteer group covered half a century.
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