volunteer

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

2. 2adjective

   One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.

3. 3adjective

   A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made.

4. 4adjective

   Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.

5. 5transitive verb

   To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.

7. 7noun

   a native or resident of Tennessee

   Synonyms

   tennessean
8. 8noun

   a person who performs voluntary work

9. 9noun

   (military) a person who freely enlists for service

   Synonyms

   voluntary
10. 10verb

    tell voluntarily

    "He volunteered the information"

11. 11verb

    do volunteer work

12. 12verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    offer
13. 13adjective

    without payment

    "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"

    "a volunteer fire department"

    Synonyms

    unpaid