voluntarily, adv. 1. freely, gratuitously, gratis, without being asked, spontaneously; of one's own free will, of one's own accord, of one's volition, on one's own, independently, autonomously.
2. intentionally, on purpose, purposefully, deliberately, premeditatedly.
3. optionally, electively, by preference, by choice,
voluntary, adj. 1. volitional, volitionary, volitive; intentional, intended, on purpose, purposeful, deliberate; designed, preplanned, planned, premeditated, prepense, willful.
2. free, gratuitous, gratis, unasked, unbidden, unrequested, unsolicited; spontaneous, unpremeditated; uncompelled, unforced, unconstrained, unobliged, unobligated; unimpelled, undriven, unurged, unpushed.
3. optional, unmandatory, elective, unrequired,
volunteer, n. 1. unpaid worker, Sl. candy striper,
missionary, Peace Corps worker, do-gooder.
-v. 2. offer one's services, put oneself at [s.o.'s] disposal, present or proffer oneself, come or step forward, not wait to be asked, need no invitation.
3. (all without being asked) give, present, bestow, grant, confer; offer, proffer, tender, extend, hold out, hand over or in; submit, propound, propose, put forward, advance; say, tell, communicate; perform, do.
voluptuary, n. 1. hedonist, sybarite, sensualist; pleasure seeker, Fr. bon vivant, Inf. high liver, Sl. swinger, Sl. swinging single, playgirl, Sl. party girl, playboy, ladies' man, gallant; debauchee, roud, rake, profligate, libertine, Don Juan, Casanova; indulger, epicurean, epicure, connoisseur, gourmet, gastronome, gourmand; glutton, Inf. pig, Sl. belly-god, winebibber, heavy drinker, Inf. boozer. -adj. 2. hedonistic, voluptuous, sensualistic. See - voluptuous (def. 1).
voluptuous, adj. 1. hedonistic, hedonic, hedonist; indulgent, self-indulgent; voluptuary, sybaritic, syba-ritical, sensualistic.
2. carnal, sensual, fleshly, bodily, physical, animal, animalistic, sexual, erotic; lustful, concupiscent, Sl. horny, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, goatish, lewd, prurient, salacious; libertine, profligate, dissolute, licentious, loose, wanton, lubricous, promiscuous, amoral, immoral, dissolute, rakish, debauched.
3. pleasing, delightful, attractive, desirable, toothsome; appealing, tempting, inviting, enticing, alluring, seductive, come-hither, provocative, Inf sexy, SI. foxy; beautiful, lovely, Inf. eye-catching, pretty, Chiefly U.S. Inf. cute, stunning, striking, gorgeous, ravishing, Inf. eye-filling; shapely, well-shaped, well-proportioned, Inf. curvaceous, Inf. curvy, Sl. stacked, SI. built, Sl. busty, well-endowed, full-bosomed, buxom; good-looking, handsome, virile, manly; soft, sensuous, (of music) Lydian.
voluptuousness, n. 1. hedonism, sybaritism, vo-luptuosity; pleasure-seeking, pursuit of pleasure, la dolce vita, wild or riotous or free living, Inf. high living, Sl. partying, Sl. swinging; indulgence, self-indulgence, overindulgence, intemperance, gluttony, gulos-ity.
2. carnality, carnalness, carnalism, sexual desire, sexual appetite, lust, lustfulness, Sl. horniness, concupiscence; lasciviousness, libidinousness, lecherousness, goatishness, lewdness, prurience, pruriency, salaciousness, salacity; libertinage, libertinism, profligacy, profligateness, dissoluteness, rakishness, licentiousness, looseness, wantonness, promiscuousness, promiscuity, amorality, immorality, debauchery.