| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | automatic, unthinking |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, cool, cursory, disinterested, going through the motions, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back*, mechanical, negligent, offhand, phoning it in, routine, sketchy, slipshod, slovenly, standard, stereotyped, stock, superficial, unaware, unconcerned, uninterested, usual, walking through it, wooden |
| Notes: | perfunctory is from Latin per- 'through' and fungi 'discharge; perform' meaning 'getting through the doing'; to do something carelessly is to perfunctorize or perfuncturate |
| Antonyms: | careful, precise, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | spontaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impulsive, willing |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, automatic, break loose, casual, down, extemporaneous, extempore, free, free spirited, from the hip, impetuous, impromptu, improvised, inevitable, instinctive, involuntary, irresistible, natural, off top of head, off-the-cuff, offhand, simple, unartful, unavoidable, unbidden, uncompelled, unconscious, unconstrained, uncontrived, uncontrolled, unforced, unintentional, unplanned, unpremediated, unprompted, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front, voluntary |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, intended, planned, premeditated |
| Main Entry: | unconscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant; automatic |
| Synonyms: | accidental, gut, inadvertent, inattentive, inherent, innate, instinctive, involuntary, latent, lost, reflex, repressed, subconscious, subliminal, suppressed, unaware, uncalculated, undeliberate, unheeding, unintended, unintentional, unmindful, unpremeditated, unrealized, unwitting |
| Antonyms: | aware, conscious, decided, intended, intentional, knowing |
| Main Entry: | unintentional/unintended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not planned |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, undesigned, undevised, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unthought, unwitting |
| Antonyms: | definite, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned |
| Main Entry: | unwilling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in the mood |
| Synonyms: | afraid, against, against the grain, averse, backward, begrudging, compelled, contrary, demurring, disinclined, disobliging, evasive, forced, grudging, hesitating, indisposed, indocile, involuntary, laggard, loath, malcontent, opposed, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, remiss, resistant, shrinking, shy, slack, slow, unaccommodating, uncheerful, uncooperative, uneager, unenthusiastic, uninclined, unobliging, unready, unwishful, wayward |
| Antonyms: | prepared, ready, willing |
| Main Entry: | unwitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without fully realizing |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, chance, comatose, forgetful, haphazard, ignorant, inadvertent, incognizant, inconversant, innocent, involuntary, numb, oblivious, senseless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, undesigned, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unintended, unintentional, unknowing, unmeant, unmindful, unplanned, unsuspecting, unthinking |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, realizing, witting |
| Main Entry: | unintentional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not planned |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, undesigned, undevised, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unthought, unwitting |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, intended, intentional, planned |
| Main Entry: | reflex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mechanical |
| Synonyms: | automatic, habitual, involuntary, knee-jerk, responsive, spontaneous, unthinking |
| Main Entry: | instinctual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instinctive |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, by seat of one's pants, congenital, habitual, impulsive, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanical, native, natural, normal, regular, rooted, second-nature, spontaneous, typical, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, visceral |