What is the difference between involuntary and voluntary?
involuntary | voluntary | Antonyms |
Without intention; unintentional.
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
* N. W. Taylor
* Alexander Pope
Done by design or intention; intentional.
Working or done without payment.
Endowed with the power of willing.
* Hooker
Of or relating to voluntaryism.
(obsolete) Voluntarily.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
*:And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].
(music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument
A volunteer
Involuntary is an antonym of voluntary.
As adjectives the difference between involuntary and voluntary
is that involuntary is without intention; unintentional while voluntary is done, given, or acting of one's own free will.As a adverb voluntary is
(obsolete) voluntarily.As a noun voluntary is
(music) a short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.involuntary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
- He found himself the involuntary witness in the trial.
Synonyms
* unbewised * unvoluntaryDerived terms
* involuntarily * involuntarinessReferences
* *voluntary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
- She fell to lust a voluntary prey.
- If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
- God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary , agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
- a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church