Synonyms of volunteering

volunteering

verb

present participle of volunteer

as in donating

to make a present of

trained tax consultants who volunteer their services at tax time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• donating
• giving
• contributing
• presenting
• providing
• bestowing
• giving of
• offering
• issuing
• giving away
• awarding
• furnishing
• rendering
• assisting
• paying
• helping
• aiding
• benefiting
• affording
• conferring
• throwing in
• pitching in
• kicking in
• administering
• chipping in
• sacrificing
• dispensing
• endowing
• extending
• imparting
• doling out
• handing out
• lavishing
• regaling
• enduing
• dishing out
• tendering
• comping
• meting (out)
• proffering
• forking (over, out, or up)
• putting up
• pungling (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• saving
• withholding
• preserving
• selling
• advancing
• lending
• pocketing
• loaning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of volunteering

What starts as a quiet morning outside the hospital before a charity race — Dawson is running, Casey is volunteering — turns instantly horrific when a car bomb explodes, tearing into the hospital and injuring dozens. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 7 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

He has also been involved with community groups, including volunteering with the Girl Scouts and 4-H and coaching soccer. — Haley Parsley october 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Worshippers are showing up in greater numbers, giving more money to congregations and volunteering more, the study found. — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Newsom’s first foray into politics was volunteering for Willie Brown’s 1995 San Francisco mayoral campaign, which led to an appointment on the Parking and Traffic Commission, which led to an unelected seat on the Board of Supervisors. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

Rooted within the company’s culture, Pink Pony brings together employees through volunteering and fundraising, and customers who give through their purchases and donations to support this central cause. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

At one point, staff at Con Carpet Tile and Design, a firm based in Blue Springs, spent several days volunteering to teach students how to lay tile. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

People can also earn festival tickets by volunteering in NYC to do urban planting, food donation and more. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026