voluntary

Meanings

Adjective

• Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
• Done by design or intention; intentional.
• Working or done without payment.
• Endowed with the power of willing.
• Of or relating to voluntarism.

Adverb

• Voluntarily.

Noun

• A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
• A volunteer.
• A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.

Related

Similar words

• intentional, willful
• honorary, pro bono, unpaid, unsalaried, unwaged
• autonomous, spontaneous

Opposite words

• involuntary
• accidental
• paid, salaried

Origin

• From Middle English *voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius ("willing, of free will"), from voluntās, from volēns, present participle of volo. Displaced native .