Antonyms for volunteer

Grammar : Verb

Spell : vol-uh n-teer

Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɒl ənˈtɪər

Definition of volunteer

Origin : c.1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from Middle French voluntaire, noun use of adj. meaning "voluntary," from Latin voluntarius "voluntary, of one's free will" (see voluntary). Non-military sense is first recorded 1630s. The verb is first recorded 1755, from the noun. Tennessee has been the Volunteer State since the Mexican War, when a call for 2,800 volunteers brought out 30,000 men.

verb offer to do something

Example sentences :

"Never knew him to volunteer to do a thing before," declared Max.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

In 1792, he enlisted as a volunteer; and in a year he was general of brigade.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Hers is the only army into which no man can be forced, and in which every man is a volunteer.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various

Is my life any more precious than yours, or that of some volunteer Army pilot?
Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich

There's Charley going out as a volunteer to India, for what or why no one can say.
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

But Warren had come as a volunteer, and asked where he should go.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

He came as a volunteer, knew his risk, and was prepared to die.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

You also must believe so, who are here as a volunteer in Russia.
Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

It was able to secure the services of a volunteer travelers' aid society.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

After the match was over, Henry might volunteer to black his eye for him, but that was a side issue.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

Synonyms for volunteer

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