volunteer
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(military) a person who freely enlists for service
Types & categories
- serviceman hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
tell voluntarily
He volunteered the information
Types & categories
- inform hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a person who performs voluntary work
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
- candy striper hyponym
- pledge taker hyponym
- vigilante hyponym
Related & opposite
- volunteer derivation
Sense 4 verb
agree freely
She volunteered to drive the old lady home
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- offer derivation
Sense 5 verb
do volunteer work
Types & categories
- work hypernym
Related & opposite
- unpaid worker derivation
- voluntary derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | draftee |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | volunteer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | voluntary |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | serviceman |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | volunteer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | candy striper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pledge taker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vigilante |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | offer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | unpaid worker |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | voluntary |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |