volunteer

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. (military) a person who freely enlists for service (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
military volunteer, voluntary
• Ant:
draftee
• Derivationally related forms:
voluntary (for: voluntary), volunteer (for: voluntary)
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
2. a person who performs voluntary work (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
unpaid worker
• Hypernyms:
worker
• Hyponyms:
candy striper, pledge taker, vigilante, vigilance man

II - verb

1. tell voluntarily (Freq. 4)
- He volunteered the information
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. agree freely (Freq. 2)
- She volunteered to drive the old lady home
- I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it
• Syn:
offer
• Derivationally related forms:
offer (for: offer)
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- They volunteer to move
3. do volunteer work (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms:
voluntary
• Hypernyms:
work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

III - adjective

without payment
- the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers
- a volunteer fire department
• Syn:
unpaid
• Similar to:
voluntary

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unpaid, volunteer(a), Tennessean, Volunteer, unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary, offer
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  draftee, conscript, inductee