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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing |
| Synonyms: | autonomous, chosen, deliberate, designful, discretional, elected, free, free-willed, freely, gratuitous, honorary, independent, intended, intentional, opted, optional, spontaneous, unasked, unbidden, uncompelled, unconstrained, unforced, unpaid, unprescribed, volitional, volunteer, willed, willful, wished, witting |
| Antonyms: | forced, involuntary, obligatory, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
| Synonyms: | advised, aforethought, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried, designed, designful, done on purpose, express, fixed, intended, judged, meticulous, planned, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, predetermined, premeditated, prepense, projected, provident, prudent, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, scrupulous, studied, studious, thought out, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, weighed, willful, with forethought, witting |
| Antonyms: | chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unmethodical, unsystematic, unwitting |
| Main Entry: | elective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be chosen |
| Synonyms: | constituent, discretionary, electoral, facultative, nonobligatory, not compulsory, optional, selective, voluntary, voting |
| Antonyms: | required |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, precise |
| Synonyms: | accurate, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, considered, definite, definitive, deliberate, designful, direct, distinct, especial, exact, explicit, expressed, individual, intended, intentional, out-and-out, outright, particular, plain, pointed, premeditated, set, singular, special, specific, unambiguous, unconditional, unmistakable, unqualified, uttered, voiced, voluntary, willing, witting |
| Antonyms: | imprecise, indefinite, obscure, uncertain, vague |
| Main Entry: | gratuitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | chargeless, complimentary, costless, for nothing, gratis, spontaneous, unasked-for, unpaid, voluntary, willing |
| Notes: | grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause |
| Antonyms: | costly, expensive |
| Main Entry: | intentional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deliberate |
| Synonyms: | advised, aforethought, calculated, considered, designed, designful, done on purpose, intended, meant, meditated, planned, prearranged, premeditated, proposed, purposed, studied, unforced, voluntary, willful, willing, witting |
| Antonyms: | accidental, unintentional, unplanned |
| Main Entry: | optional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possible; available as choice |
| Synonyms: | alternative, arbitrary, discretional, discretionary, elective, extra, facultative, free, no strings attached, noncompulsory, nonobligatory, not required, open, unforced, unrestricted, up to the individual, volitional, voluntary |
| Antonyms: | compulsory, forced, required |
| 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: | studied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
| Synonyms: | advised, affected, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, deliberate, designed, examined, gone into, investigated, planned, plotted, premeditated, prepared, prepense, purposeful, reviewed, studious, thought-about, thought-out, thought-through, thoughtful, voluntary, well-considered, willful, willing |
| Antonyms: | natural, spontaneous, unintentional, unplanned |
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