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- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
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- optional,
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- unasked,
- unbesought,
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- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
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- voluntary,
- volunteer,
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- unrequested
collapse - not requested; "the merchandise was unrequested" related words >
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
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- discretionary
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- having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment; "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds"
- (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed; "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income" related words >
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
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- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unprompted,
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- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- nonmandatory
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- not required by rule or law related words >
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- optional
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- possible but not necessary; left to personal choice related words >
- alternative,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- disjunctive,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- undesired,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unwanted,
- unwished,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- inessential,
- needless,
- nonessential,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unessential,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unnecessary,
- unneeded,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- uninvited
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- unwelcome and unwanted; "uninvited guests"; "uninvited thoughts" related words >
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unacceptable,
- unagreeable,
- unasked,
- unasked-for,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- undesirable,
- undesired,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unwanted,
- unwelcome,
- unwished,
- voluntary,
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- willful
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
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- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unacceptable,
- unagreeable,
- unasked,
- unasked-for,
- unbesought,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- undesirable,
- undesired,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
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- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- arbitrary,
- automatic,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
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- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- impulsive,
- independent,
- instinctive,
- involuntary,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconscious,
- undesigned,
- unforced,
- unguarded,
- unguided,
- uninfluenced,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- uninvited,
- unmeant,
- unmeditated,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unpressured,
- unpurposed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unthinking,
- unthought-of,
- unwitting,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- self-acting
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- designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-activating sprinkler system" related words >
- arbitrary,
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- autonomous,
- cybernated,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- arbitrary,
- autarchic,
- autarkic,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- free-spirited,
- freewheeling,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- individualistic,
- inner-directed,
- neutral,
- nonaligned,
- nonmandatory,
- nonpartisan,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-contained,
- self-dependent,
- self-determining,
- self-directing,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-reliant,
- self-subsistent,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- sovereign,
- spontaneous,
- third-force,
- third-world,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- uninfluenced
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- not influenced or affected; "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington; "unswayed by personal considerations" related words >
- Olympian,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- candid,
- detached,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- elective,
- equitable,
- evenhanded,
- fair,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- impartial,
- impersonal,
- independent,
- indifferent,
- just,
- lofty,
- neutral,
- nonmandatory,
- objective,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- selfless,
- spontaneous,
- unaffected,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbiased,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- undazzled,
- unforced,
- uninvited,
- unjaundiced,
- unmoved,
- unprejudiced,
- unprepossessed,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unselfish,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unswayed,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- volunteer
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- a person who performs voluntary work
- (military) a person who freely enlists for service
- tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
- do volunteer work
- agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it" related words >
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- autonomousness,
- autonomy,
- come forward,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- do independently,
- do voluntarily,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- gratuitousness,
- independence,
- independent,
- need no prodding,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- proffered,
- self-acting,
- self-action,
- self-active,
- self-activity,
- self-determination,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneity,
- spontaneous,
- spontaneousness,
- step forward,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- unforcedness,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntariness,
- voluntarism,
- voluntary,
- voluntaryism,
- volunteer militia,
- volunteer navy,
- volunteering,
- willful
- abandoned,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- deserted,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- disregarded,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- half-done,
- ignored,
- independent,
- laid aside,
- left undone,
- missed,
- neglected,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- omitted,
- optional,
- overlooked,
- passed by,
- passed over,
- passed up,
- pigeonholed,
- proffered,
- put aside,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- shunted,
- sidelined,
- sidetracked,
- slighted,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unattended to,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncared-for,
- unchaperoned,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconsidered,
- undone,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unlooked-for,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unregarded,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsought,
- untended,
- unwatched,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- uncoerced
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- not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced" related words >
- abandoned,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- go-go,
- gratuitous,
- immoderate,
- incontinent,
- independent,
- indulgent,
- intemperate,
- irrepressible,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- nonmandatory,
- nonrestrictive,
- offered,
- optional,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- permissive,
- proffered,
- rampant,
- reinless,
- riotous,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbridled,
- uncalled-for,
- unchecked,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- unforced,
- ungoverned,
- uninfluenced,
- uninhibited,
- uninvited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wild,
- willful
- abandoned,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- go-go,
- gratuitous,
- immoderate,
- incontinent,
- independent,
- indulgent,
- intemperate,
- irrepressible,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- nonmandatory,
- nonrestrictive,
- offered,
- optional,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- permissive,
- proffered,
- rampant,
- reinless,
- riotous,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbridled,
- uncalled-for,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- unforced,
- ungoverned,
- uninfluenced,
- uninhibited,
- uninvited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wild,
- willful
- unforced
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- not resulting from undue effort; not forced; "a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"; "his playing is facile and unstrained" related words >
- a beneplacito,
- a discretion,
- abandoned,
- ad arbitrium,
- ad lib,
- ad libitum,
- al piacere,
- arbitrary,
- at choice,
- at pleasure,
- at will,
- autonomous,
- deliberate,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- go-go,
- gratuitous,
- immoderate,
- incontinent,
- independent,
- indulgent,
- intemperate,
- intentional,
- irrepressible,
- lax,
- licentious,
- loose,
- nonmandatory,
- nonrestrictive,
- offered,
- optional,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- permissive,
- reinless,
- riotous,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbridled,
- uncalled-for,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- ungoverned,
- uninfluenced,
- uninhibited,
- uninvited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wild,
- willful,
- willing,
- without coercion,
- witting
- elective
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- subject to popular election; "elective official"
- not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study" related words >
- academic specialty,
- adoptive,
- alternative,
- appointive,
- arbitrary,
- area,
- autonomous,
- choosing,
- choosy,
- classical education,
- constituent,
- core curriculum,
- course,
- course of study,
- curriculum,
- discipline,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- discriminating,
- disjunctive,
- eclectic,
- electoral,
- field,
- free,
- free will,
- general education,
- general studies,
- gratuitous,
- humanities,
- independent,
- liberal arts,
- major,
- minor,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- optional,
- particular,
- proffered,
- proseminar,
- quadrivium,
- refresher course,
- scientific education,
- selecting,
- selective,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- seminar,
- specialty,
- spontaneous,
- study,
- subdiscipline,
- subject,
- technical education,
- trivium,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- unasked
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- not asked for; "unasked advice"; "unsolicited junk mail" related words >
- abandoned,
- arbitrary,
- arrogant,
- autonomous,
- deserted,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- disregarded,
- elective,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- half-done,
- ignored,
- impregnable,
- impudent,
- independent,
- indomitable,
- inexpugnable,
- invulnerable,
- laid aside,
- left undone,
- missed,
- neglected,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- omitted,
- optional,
- overbearing,
- overlooked,
- passed by,
- passed over,
- passed up,
- pigeonholed,
- presumptuous,
- proffered,
- put aside,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- shunted,
- sidelined,
- sidetracked,
- slighted,
- spontaneous,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- strong,
- sturdy,
- tenacious,
- tough,
- unacceptable,
- unagreeable,
- unasked-for,
- unassailable,
- unattended to,
- unbeatable,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncared-for,
- unchaperoned,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconquerable,
- unconsidered,
- undefeatable,
- undesirable,
- undesired,
- undone,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unregarded,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- untended,
- unwanted,
- unwatched,
- unwelcome,
- unwished,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- willful
- autonomous
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- (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
- existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
- (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" related words >
- absolute,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- autarchic,
- autarkic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- free,
- free will,
- free-spirited,
- freewheeling,
- governmental,
- gratuitous,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- independent,
- individualistic,
- inner-directed,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- neutral,
- nonaligned,
- nonmandatory,
- nonpartisan,
- offered,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- optional,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- proffered,
- republican,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-contained,
- self-dependent,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- self-directing,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-reliant,
- self-subsistent,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- separate,
- sovereign,
- spontaneous,
- theocratic,
- third-force,
- third-world,
- totalitarian,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrolled,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- disjunctive
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- serving or tending to divide or separate related words >
- ablative,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- alternative,
- attributive,
- biodegradable,
- broken,
- broken off,
- chopped-off,
- choppy,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- corrosive,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- decousu,
- degradable,
- dilapidated,
- disconnected,
- discontinued,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- discretional,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrating,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- disruptive,
- dividing,
- elective,
- episodic,
- erosive,
- exclamatory noun,
- fitful,
- form class,
- form word,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- herky-jerky,
- incoherent,
- interjection,
- intermittent,
- interrupted,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- moldering,
- noncontinuous,
- nonlinear,
- nonsequential,
- nonserial,
- nonuniform,
- optional,
- parenthetic,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- particle,
- parting,
- past participle,
- patchy,
- perfect participle,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- ravaged,
- resolvent,
- ruinous,
- scrappy,
- separating,
- separative,
- snatchy,
- solvent,
- spasmodic,
- spotty,
- subordinating conjunction,
- suspended,
- unconnected,
- unjoined,
- unsuccessive,
- verbal adjective,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- worn
- voluntary
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- composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance
- of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"
- controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles" related words >
- Vorspiel,
- advised,
- aimed,
- aimed at,
- alternative,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- avant-propos,
- breakthrough,
- calculated,
- chosen,
- conative,
- concert overture,
- conscious,
- considered,
- contemplated,
- curtain raiser,
- deliberate,
- deliberated,
- descant,
- designed,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- disjunctive,
- dramatic overture,
- elected,
- elective,
- envisaged,
- envisioned,
- exordium,
- foreword,
- free,
- free will,
- front matter,
- frontispiece,
- gratuitous,
- independent,
- innovation,
- intended,
- intentional,
- introduction,
- knowing,
- leap,
- meant,
- meditated,
- nonmandatory,
- of design,
- offered,
- operatic overture,
- optional,
- overture,
- planned,
- postulate,
- preamble,
- preface,
- prefix,
- prefixture,
- preliminary,
- prelude,
- premeditated,
- premise,
- presupposition,
- proem,
- proffered,
- projected,
- prolegomena,
- prolegomenon,
- prolepsis,
- prologue,
- proposed,
- protasis,
- purposed,
- purposeful,
- purposive,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- spontaneous,
- studied,
- teleological,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- unforced,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- vamp,
- verse,
- volitional,
- volunteer,
- willful,
- willing,
- witting
- alternative
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- necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"
- pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style" related words >
- additional,
- agent,
- alternate,
- alternate choice,
- analogy,
- another,
- attainable,
- backup,
- change,
- changeling,
- choice,
- comparison,
- contingency,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- different,
- discretion,
- discretional,
- disjunctive,
- double,
- druthers,
- dummy,
- election,
- elective,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- exchange,
- exchangeable,
- fake,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- interchangeable,
- locum tenens,
- loophole,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mock,
- next best thing,
- option,
- optional,
- optionality,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch,
- pinch hitter,
- pleasure,
- possibility,
- possible choice,
- preference,
- pretext,
- provisional,
- proxy,
- relief,
- replacement,
- replacing,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- saving clause,
- second string,
- secondary,
- selection,
- sign,
- spare,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- stopgap,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility,
- utility player,
- variant,
- vicar,
- vicarious,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- volitional,
- voluntary,
- way of escape,
- way out,
- will and pleasure
- absurd,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- biggety,
- bluff,
- bottomless,
- brash,
- cheeky,
- chutzpadik,
- cocky,
- contemptuous,
- crusty,
- de trop,
- derisive,
- discourteous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- dispensable,
- disrespectful,
- elective,
- excess,
- expendable,
- expletive,
- facy,
- flip,
- flippant,
- foolish,
- free,
- free will,
- fresh,
- gally,
- gratuitous,
- groundless,
- ill-mannered,
- impertinent,
- impolite,
- impudent,
- in excess,
- independent,
- inessential,
- intrusive,
- malapert,
- needless,
- nervy,
- nonessential,
- nonmandatory,
- offered,
- officious,
- optional,
- pert,
- pleonastic,
- preposterous,
- proffered,
- prolix,
- redundant,
- rude,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- silly,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- spare,
- spontaneous,
- supererogatory,
- superfluous,
- tautologic,
- tautologous,
- to spare,
- unasked,
- unasked-for,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncivil,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- undesired,
- unessential,
- unforced,
- unfounded,
- ungracious,
- ungrounded,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unnecessary,
- unneeded,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unwanted,
- unwarranted,
- unwelcome,
- unwished,
- verbose,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- willful,
- wise-ass
- spontaneous
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- happening or arising without apparent external cause; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion" related words >
- ad lib,
- arbitrary,
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- autonomous,
- bat,
- baton,
- billy,
- billy club,
- bludgeon,
- casual,
- club,
- cybernated,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- elective,
- extemporaneous,
- extempore,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- gut,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-devised,
- immediate,
- impetuous,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- impulsive,
- inadvertent,
- indeliberate,
- independent,
- inherent,
- innate,
- instinctive,
- instinctual,
- involuntary,
- libidinal,
- mace,
- mechanical,
- natural,
- nightstick,
- nonmandatory,
- off the cuff,
- offered,
- offhand,
- optional,
- proffered,
- reflex,
- reflexive,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- simple,
- snap,
- spontoon,
- spur-of-the-moment,
- subliminal,
- truncheon,
- unadvised,
- unannounced,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalculated,
- uncalled-for,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconscious,
- unconsidered,
- unconstrained,
- undeliberate,
- undeliberated,
- undesigned,
- unforced,
- unguarded,
- uninfluenced,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- uninvited,
- unlearned,
- unmeditated,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrehearsed,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsophisticated,
- unsought,
- unstudied,
- unthinking,
- unwilled,
- unwitting,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- willful
- arbitrary
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- based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves" related words >
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- autarchic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bossy,
- capricious,
- careless,
- chance,
- chancy,
- cranky,
- crotchety,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- dogmatic,
- domineering,
- doubtful,
- elective,
- erratic,
- fanciful,
- fantasied,
- fantastic,
- feudal,
- flaky,
- freakish,
- free,
- free will,
- gratuitous,
- grinding,
- harebrained,
- heedless,
- high-handed,
- humorsome,
- iffy,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- impetuous,
- inadvertent,
- inconsiderate,
- inconsistent,
- independent,
- indiscreet,
- irrational,
- kinky,
- kooky,
- lordly,
- maggoty,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- masterful,
- monocratic,
- moody,
- motiveless,
- nonmandatory,
- notional,
- offered,
- oppressive,
- optional,
- oracular,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- peremptory,
- petulant,
- precipitate,
- proffered,
- quirky,
- random,
- rash,
- reasonless,
- repressive,
- screwball,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- severe,
- spontaneous,
- strict,
- subjective,
- summary,
- suppressive,
- temperamental,
- thoughtless,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- uncalculating,
- uncalled-for,
- uncertain,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- uncompromising,
- unconstrained,
- undisciplined,
- unforced,
- unguarded,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpredictable,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unreasonable,
- unreasoning,
- unreflecting,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unrestrained,
- unruly,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- vagarious,
- vagrant,
- varying,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wanton,
- wayward,
- whimsical,
- wild,
- willful,
- zany
- advised,
- aimed,
- aimed at,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- balking,
- balky,
- bigoted,
- bulldogged,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- calculated,
- case-hardened,
- conscious,
- considered,
- contemplated,
- contumacious,
- decided,
- deliberate,
- deliberated,
- designed,
- determined,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- disobedient,
- dogged,
- dogmatic,
- elective,
- envisaged,
- envisioned,
- factious,
- fanatic,
- free,
- free will,
- froward,
- gratuitous,
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- heady,
- independent,
- indisciplined,
- insubordinate,
- intended,
- intentional,
- intolerant,
- intractable,
- irresponsible,
- knowing,
- lawless,
- licentious,
- meant,
- meditated,
- mulish,
- mutinous,
- naughty,
- nonconforming,
- nonmandatory,
- obstinate,
- of design,
- offered,
- opinionated,
- optional,
- overzealous,
- persevering,
- pertinacious,
- perverse,
- pigheaded,
- planned,
- proffered,
- projected,
- proposed,
- purposed,
- purposeful,
- purposive,
- rampant,
- recusant,
- reinless,
- resolved,
- restive,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- self-willed,
- set,
- spontaneous,
- stiff-necked,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- studied,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- teleological,
- tenacious,
- transgressive,
- unaccountable,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbridled,
- uncalled-for,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- uncomplying,
- uncontrolled,
- uncooperative,
- uncurbed,
- undisciplined,
- unduteous,
- undutiful,
- unforced,
- ungoverned,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unregenerate,
- unreined,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unrestrained,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- violative,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- wayward,
- wildcat,
- willing,
- witting,
- wrongheaded
- gratuitous
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- without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
- unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life" related words >
- God-given,
- accorded,
- aimless,
- allowed,
- amorphous,
- arbitrary,
- autonomous,
- baseless,
- bestowed,
- biggety,
- bluff,
- bottomless,
- brash,
- capricious,
- casual,
- charitable,
- cheeky,
- chutzpadik,
- cocky,
- complimentary,
- contemptuous,
- costless,
- crusty,
- de trop,
- derisive,
- desultory,
- disarticulated,
- discontinuous,
- discretional,
- discretionary,
- disjunct,
- disordered,
- dispensable,
- dispersed,
- disproportionate,
- disrespectful,
- elective,
- eleemosynary,
- erratic,
- excess,
- expendable,
- expenseless,
- expletive,
- facy,
- fitful,
- flip,
- flippant,
- for free,
- for love,
- for nothing,
- formless,
- free,
- free as air,
- free for nothing,
- free gratis,
- free of charge,
- free of cost,
- free will,
- freebie,
- fresh,
- frivolous,
- gally,
- giftlike,
- given,
- granted,
- gratis,
- groundless,
- haphazard,
- hit-or-miss,
- immethodical,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- in excess,
- inchoate,
- incoherent,
- indefensible,
- independent,
- indiscriminate,
- irrational,
- irregular,
- malapert,
- meaningless,
- misshapen,
- needless,
- nervy,
- nonessential,
- nonmandatory,
- nonsymmetrical,
- nonsystematic,
- nonuniform,
- offered,
- on the house,
- optional,
- orderless,
- pert,
- planless,
- pleonastic,
- proffered,
- prolix,
- promiscuous,
- providential,
- random,
- reasonless,
- redundant,
- rude,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-determined,
- self-determining,
- senseless,
- shapeless,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- spare,
- spasmodic,
- spontaneous,
- sporadic,
- straggling,
- straggly,
- supererogatory,
- superfluous,
- systemless,
- tautologic,
- tautologous,
- to spare,
- unarranged,
- unasked,
- unbesought,
- unbidden,
- unbought,
- uncalled-for,
- unclassified,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- undirected,
- unessential,
- unforced,
- unfounded,
- ungraded,
- ungrounded,
- uninfluenced,
- uninvited,
- unjoined,
- unjustifiable,
- unjustified,
- unlooked-for,
- unmethodical,
- unnecessary,
- unneeded,
- unordered,
- unorganized,
- unpaid-for,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsorted,
- unsought,
- unsupportable,
- unsymmetrical,
- unsystematic,
- untaxed,
- ununiform,
- unwarranted,
- unwelcome,
- vague,
- verbose,
- voluntary,
- volunteer,
- vouchsafed,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- willful,
- willing,
- wise-ass,
- without charge
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