Volunteer

Noun

 * 1) One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
 * 2)  One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers.
 * 3)  A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
 * 4)  A plant that grows in disturbed soil.
 * 5) A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.

Verb

 * 1)  To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
 * 2)  To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
 * 3)  To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.

Thesaurus
unsolicited, unsought, voluntariness, voluntarism, voluntary, voluntaryism, volunteer militia, volunteer navy, volunteering, willful, 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,

Etymology
From voluntaire:, from  voluntarius:

Related terms

 * volition
 * volitional
 * voluntarism
 * voluntarist
 * voluntary

Noun

 * Arabic: متطوع
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 志願者, 志愿者
 * Croatian: volonter,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Freiwillige and
 * Hungarian: önkéntes
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 지원자
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: voluntar, voluntară
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: neach-deònach ,
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: gönüllü


 * Croatian: volonter,
 * Finnish:
 * German: Freiwillige and
 * Irish: óglach
 * Japanese: 志願兵


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 志願者, 志愿者
 * Japanese: 志願者, 篤志家


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Finnish: villikasvi


 * Japanese: 自生植物 (jisē-shokubutsu)

Verb

 * Finnish: ilmoittautua vapaaehtoiseksi, tarjoutua vapaaehtoiseksi


 * German: sich freiwillig melden
 * Japanese: 志願


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 自告奮勇, 自告奋勇
 * Finnish:, ,


 * German: (sich) anbieten
 * Japanese: 志願