Synonyms of volunteer

volunteer 1 of 3

noun

as in enlistee

Related Words

• enlistee

Dissimilar Words

• levy
• recruit
• conscript
• draftee
• rookie
• inductee
• selectee

volunteer

2 of 3

verb

as in to donate

to make a present of

trained tax consultants who volunteer their services at tax time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• donate
• give
• contribute
• present
• provide
• bestow
• award
• give away
• offer
• issue
• furnish
• render
• give of
• assist
• pay
• aid
• afford
• benefit
• kick in
• throw in
• chip in
• help
• pitch in
• confer
• sacrifice
• comp
• dole out
• administer
• hand out
• dispense
• dish out
• extend
• endow
• lavish
• impart
• regale
• tender
• mete (out)
• endue
• fork (over, out, or up)
• put up
• proffer
• pungle (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep
• hold
• retain
• withhold
• save
• preserve
• lend
• advance
• pocket
• sell
• loan

volunteer

3 of 3

adjective

as in voluntary

done, made, or given with one's own free will

volunteer work at the hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• voluntary
• willing
• elective
• spontaneous
• volitional
• uncoerced
• conscious
• optional
• discretionary
• unforced
• freewill
• self-imposed
• impulsive
• instinctive
• deliberate
• intentional
• willful
• knowing
• unpremeditated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compelled
• involuntary
• forced
• necessary
• coerced
• mandatory
• nonvoluntary
• compulsory
• enforced
• required
• nonelective
• obligatory
• unwilled
• will-less
• ordered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of volunteer

Noun

Eggers Grove volunteer site steward Marianne Kozłowski regularly leads teams of volunteers clearing away invasive plants and gathering seeds for replanting throughout the Forest Preserve. — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

California Volunteers is the largest state volunteer corps with 50,000 members since 2019, the year Newsom established the program. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Verb

Her mother, Meg O'Connell, says students volunteer before school, after school and during recess to help prepare for the event. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Born in São Paulo, Rabinovich spent years volunteering in hospitals, working closely with terminally ill patients. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Adjective

That’s noteworthy for a show based at a high-school auditorium in Litchfield and run by a staff that is almost entirely volunteer, including the show’s star and its producer. — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022

Cycling Schools is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 22 July 2022