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volunteer
Meaning: to offer to help without being required
volunteer in a sentence
How volunteer is used in real sentences:
Several students volunteered to decorate the classroom.
Maya volunteered to water the class plants during the break.
“She asked residents to volunteer for three weeks of careful watching.”
— from the passage The Waiting Map
Synonyms for volunteer
Other words for volunteer — offer, step forward and come forward — carry the same meaning.
- offer
- step forward
- come forward
Antonyms of volunteer
Words that mean the opposite of volunteer:
- refuse
- decline
Where it comes from
From Latin voluntarius 'willing'
Memory hook
Think 'willing': a willing helper steps forward by choice.