What is another word for spontaneous?
Pronunciation:
[ spɒntˈe͡ɪni͡əs], [ spɒntˈeɪniəs], [ s_p_ɒ_n_t_ˈeɪ_n_iə_s]
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Similar words for spontaneous:
- impromptu (adjective, adverb)
- ad-lib (adjective)
- automatic (adjective)
- emotional (adjective)
- free (adjective)
- friendly (adjective)
- impulsive (adjective)
- intuitive (adjective)
- offhand (adjective)
- relaxed (adjective)
- thoughtless (adjective)
- unasked (adjective)
- unguarded (adjective)
- uninhibited (adjective)
- unplanned (adjective)
- unprepared (adjective)
- unsolicited (adjective)
- untaught (adjective)
- willing (adjective)
- casual (adjective)
- chatty (adjective)
- childlike (adjective)
- easy (adjective)
- extemporaneous/extemporary (adjective)
- gratuitous (adjective)
- gut (adjective)
- haphazard (adjective)
- impetuous (adjective)
- impromptu (adjective)
- improvised (adjective)
- impulsive, willing (adjective)
- informal (adjective)
- instantaneous (adjective)
- instinctive (adjective)
- involuntary (adjective)
- knee-jerk (adjective)
- naive (adjective)
- natural (adjective)
- off the cuff (adjective)
- reflex (adjective)
- spur-of-the-moment (adjective)
- unaffected (adjective)
- uncompelled (adjective)
- unforced (adjective)
- unrestrained (adjective)
- unstudied (adjective)
- voluntary (adjective)
- self-generated (noun)
- spontaneous (noun)
- ad-lib
- genuine
- ingenuous
- intimate
- involuntary
- mechanical
- natural
- prompt
- without formality
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Spontaneous:
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a. & adv.
• impromptu -
adj.
• ad-lib • automatic • emotional • free • friendly- Warm-hearted ,
- amiable ,
- friendly ,
- genuine ,
- good-natured ,
- nice ,
- pleasant ,
- warm ,
- welcoming ,
- accessible ,
- affable ,
- amicable ,
- approachable ,
- attentive ,
- bluff ,
- brotherly ,
- buddy-buddy ,
- charming ,
- companionable ,
- congenial ,
- convivial ,
- cordial ,
- cordially ,
- generous ,
- genial ,
- good-humored ,
- gregarious ,
- harmonious ,
- likable ,
- matey ,
- neighborly ,
- neighbourly ,
- out-there ,
- outgoing ,
- pally ,
- personal ,
- simpatico ,
- sociable ,
- social ,
- warmly ,
- well-disposed .
- abrupt ,
- gone off deep end ,
- hasty ,
- hot and cold ,
- hot-and-cold ,
- ill-considered ,
- improvised ,
- instantaneous ,
- rash ,
- unpremeditated ,
- unprompted ,
- unrehearsed .
- Undemanded ,
- not asked ,
- of one accord ,
- of own accord ,
- unbidden ,
- of one's own accord ,
- supererogatory ,
- unrequested ,
- unwelcome ,
- without prompting .
- in frequent ,
- in-frequent ,
- irregular ,
- more serendipitous ,
- most serendipitous ,
- un expected ,
- un foreseen ,
- un premeditated ,
- un-expected ,
- un-foreseen ,
- un-premeditated .
- gossipy ,
- loose lipped ,
- looselipped ,
- more familiar ,
- more loose lipped ,
- more loose-lipped ,
- more looselipped ,
- more multieloquent ,
- most loose lipped ,
- most loose-lipped ,
- most looselipped ,
- most multieloquent ,
- multi eloquent ,
- multi-eloquent .
- effortless ,
- more cursive ,
- more undemanding ,
- more unexacting ,
- more unworried ,
- most cursive ,
- most undemanding ,
- most unexacting ,
- most unworried ,
- peaceful ,
- un demanding ,
- un disturbed ,
- un exacting ,
- un hurried ,
- un troubled ,
- un worried ,
- un-demanding ,
- un-disturbed ,
- un-exacting ,
- un-hurried ,
- un-troubled ,
- un-worried ,
- well to do .
- ex temporary ,
- ex-temporary ,
- jamming ,
- more improv ,
- more improvisatory ,
- more improviso ,
- more jamming ,
- more on the spot ,
- more on-the-spot ,
- most improv ,
- most improvisatory ,
- most improviso ,
- most jamming ,
- most on the spot ,
- most on-the-spot ,
- off the top head ,
- off the top of head ,
- off top head ,
- snappest .
- for nothing ,
- gratis ,
- more chargeless ,
- more costless ,
- more unasked for ,
- more unasked-for ,
- more unaskedfor ,
- most chargeless ,
- most costless ,
- most unasked for ,
- most unasked-for ,
- most unaskedfor ,
- un paid ,
- un-paid ,
- unasked for ,
- unaskedfor ,
- unpaid .
- all over map ,
- de signless ,
- de-signless ,
- devil may care ,
- dis orderly ,
- dis organized ,
- dis-orderly ,
- dis-organized ,
- fluker ,
- flukest ,
- helter skelter ,
- helterskelter ,
- in discriminate ,
- in-discriminate ,
- more designless ,
- more unmethodical ,
- most designless ,
- most unmethodical ,
- un concerned ,
- un considered ,
- un coordinated ,
- un methodical ,
- un organized ,
- un systematic ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-considered ,
- un-coordinated ,
- un-methodical ,
- un-organized ,
- un-systematic ,
- unsystematic ,
- willynilly .
- Subitaneous ,
- going deep end ,
- going off deep end ,
- head long ,
- head-long ,
- headlong ,
- more subitaneous ,
- more unreflecting ,
- most subitaneous ,
- most unreflecting ,
- un bridled ,
- un reflecting ,
- un-bridled ,
- un-reflecting ,
- unreflecting .
- more faked ,
- more unscripted ,
- more vamped ,
- most faked ,
- most unscripted ,
- most vamped ,
- shot from hip ,
- un-scripted .
- bandaid ,
- fly by night ,
- more autoschediastic ,
- more band aid ,
- more band-aid ,
- more bandaid ,
- most autoschediastic ,
- most band aid ,
- most band-aid ,
- most bandaid .
- Unartful ,
- break loose ,
- down ,
- extempore ,
- free spirited ,
- from the hip ,
- offhand ,
- simple ,
- unconstrained ,
- uncontrolled ,
- unpremediated ,
- unsophisticated ,
- up front .
- down home ,
- folksy ,
- in conspicuous ,
- in formal ,
- in-conspicuous ,
- in-formal ,
- lowpressure ,
- more free and easy ,
- more free-and-easy ,
- more low pressure ,
- more low-pressure ,
- more lowpressure ,
- more throwaway ,
- most free and easy ,
- most free-and-easy ,
- most low pressure ,
- most low-pressure ,
- most lowpressure ,
- most throwaway ,
- un ceremonious ,
- un constrained ,
- un conventional ,
- un fussier ,
- un fussiest ,
- un fussy ,
- un official ,
- un-ceremonious ,
- un-conventional ,
- un-fussier ,
- un-fussiest ,
- un-fussy ,
- un-official ,
- unfussier ,
- unfussiest .
- hair trigger ,
- hair-trigger ,
- in flash ,
- more hair trigger ,
- more hair-trigger ,
- more hairtrigger ,
- most hair trigger ,
- most hair-trigger ,
- most hairtrigger .
- by seat of one pants ,
- by seat of ones pants ,
- by seat of pants ,
- by seat one pants ,
- by seat one's pants ,
- by seat ones pants ,
- by seat pants ,
- in born ,
- in tuitional ,
- in-born ,
- in-grained ,
- in-tuitional ,
- more intuitional ,
- more second nature ,
- more second-nature ,
- more secondnature ,
- most intuitional ,
- most second nature ,
- most second-nature ,
- most secondnature ,
- re gular ,
- re-gular ,
- secondnature ,
- un learned ,
- un-learned .
- be grudging ,
- be-grudging ,
- in voluntary ,
- in-voluntary ,
- more begrudging ,
- more grudging ,
- more reflexive ,
- more uncalculated ,
- more will less ,
- more will-less ,
- more willless ,
- most begrudging ,
- most grudging ,
- most reflexive ,
- most uncalculated ,
- most will less ,
- most will-less ,
- most willless ,
- un calculated ,
- un controlled ,
- un intended ,
- un willing ,
- un witting ,
- un-calculated ,
- un-controlled ,
- un-intended ,
- un-willing ,
- un-witting ,
- will less ,
- willless .
- in nocent ,
- in nocuous ,
- in-nocent ,
- in-nocuous ,
- lamber ,
- lambest ,
- like a babe in woods ,
- like a babe the woods ,
- like a babe woods ,
- like babe in the woods ,
- like babe in woods ,
- like babe the woods ,
- like babe woods ,
- more confiding ,
- more sucker ,
- more unjaded ,
- more unsuspicious ,
- more wide eyed ,
- more wide-eyed ,
- more wideeyed ,
- most confiding ,
- most sucker ,
- most unjaded ,
- most unsuspicious ,
- most wide eyed ,
- most wide-eyed ,
- most wideeyed ,
- patsier ,
- patsiest ,
- simple minded ,
- un jaded ,
- un schooled ,
- un sophisticated ,
- un suspecting ,
- un suspicious ,
- un worldlier ,
- un worldliest ,
- un worldly ,
- un-jaded ,
- un-pretentious ,
- un-schooled ,
- un-suspecting ,
- un-suspicious ,
- un-worldlier ,
- un-worldliest ,
- un-worldly ,
- unjaded ,
- wide eyed ,
- wideeyed .
- Undesigning ,
- in artificial ,
- in generate ,
- in-artificial ,
- in-generate ,
- laidback ,
- matter-of-course ,
- more inartificial ,
- more ingenerate ,
- more matter of course ,
- more matter-of-course ,
- more natal ,
- more simplehearted ,
- more unacquired ,
- more unassumed ,
- more uncontrived ,
- more undesigning ,
- more unembarrassed ,
- more unlabored ,
- more up front ,
- more up-front ,
- more upfront ,
- most inartificial ,
- most ingenerate ,
- most matter of course ,
- most matter-of-course ,
- most natal ,
- most simplehearted ,
- most unacquired ,
- most unassumed ,
- most uncontrived ,
- most undesigning ,
- most unembarrassed ,
- most unlabored ,
- most up front ,
- most up-front ,
- most upfront ,
- pre vailing ,
- un acquired ,
- un assumed ,
- un contrived ,
- un designing ,
- un embarrassed ,
- un labored ,
- un polished ,
- un-acquired ,
- un-assumed ,
- un-contrived ,
- un-designing ,
- un-embarrassed ,
- un-labored ,
- uni form ,
- uni versal ,
- uni-form ,
- uni-versal .
- more unartificial ,
- more unspoilt ,
- most unartificial ,
- most unspoilt ,
- un affected ,
- un artificial ,
- un assuming ,
- un spoilt ,
- un-affected ,
- un-spoilt .
- dis solute ,
- dis-solute ,
- in continent ,
- in temperate ,
- in-continent ,
- in-ordinate ,
- in-temperate ,
- incontinent ,
- more saturnalian ,
- most saturnalian ,
- un bounded ,
- un restrained ,
- un-bounded ,
- un-limited ,
- un-restrained .
- de liberate ,
- de-liberate ,
- free willed ,
- in dependent ,
- in tended ,
- in-dependent ,
- in-tended ,
- more designful ,
- more discretional ,
- more free willed ,
- more free-willed ,
- more opted ,
- more unprescribed ,
- more volunteer ,
- more willed ,
- more wished ,
- more witting ,
- most designful ,
- most discretional ,
- most free willed ,
- most free-willed ,
- most opted ,
- most unprescribed ,
- most volunteer ,
- most willed ,
- most wished ,
- most witting ,
- un prescribed ,
- un-prescribed .
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- by accident .
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- tighten .
Other synonyms:
- Willy nilly ,
- accidental ,
- ad hoc ,
- aimless ,
- arbitrary ,
- automatically ,
- chance ,
- coincidental ,
- easy ,
- inadvertently ,
- incidental ,
- incidentally ,
- laid-back ,
- motiveless ,
- random ,
- seat-of-the-pants ,
- sine die ,
- spontaneity ,
- spur-of-the-moment ,
- uncompelled ,
- unconscious ,
- unforced ,
- unintended ,
- unintentional ,
- unorganized ,
- unplanned ,
- unprepared ,
- unscheduled ,
- unwitting ,
- unwittingly .
- free .
- unrestrained .
Other relevant words:
- Autoschediastic ,
- Chargeless ,
- Designful ,
- Designless ,
- IMPROV ,
- Improvisatory ,
- Improviso ,
- Inartificial ,
- Ingenerate ,
- Intuitional ,
- Saturnalian ,
- Unacquired ,
- Unartificial ,
- Unlabored ,
- ad-lib ,
- all over the map ,
- any old way ,
- at ease ,
- at first glance ,
- automatic ,
- band aid ,
- being oneself ,
- by ear ,
- by seat of one's pants ,
- childlike ,
- costless ,
- cursive ,
- dashed off ,
- discretional ,
- extemporaneous ,
- extemporary ,
- free-and-easy ,
- free-willed ,
- hairtrigger ,
- haphazard ,
- impetuous ,
- impromptu ,
- impulsive ,
- in clover ,
- instinctive ,
- instinctual ,
- intuitive ,
- involuntary ,
- laid back ,
- like a babe in the woods ,
- looked for ,
- loose-lipped ,
- low pressure ,
- low-pressure ,
- multieloquent ,
- natal ,
- off the cuff ,
- off top of head ,
- off-the-cuff ,
- on impulse ,
- on the spot ,
- on-the-spot ,
- reflexive ,
- second-nature ,
- serendipitous ,
- shot from the hip ,
- simplehearted ,
- snapper ,
- taking for ride ,
- thought out loud ,
- throwaway ,
- thrown off ,
- toss off ,
- toss out ,
- tossed off ,
- tossed out ,
- trustful ,
- un-artificial ,
- unasked ,
- unasked-for ,
- unassumed ,
- uncalculated ,
- uncontrived ,
- undemanding ,
- unembarrassed ,
- unexacting ,
- unfussy ,
- uninhibited ,
- unmethodical ,
- unprescribed ,
- unscripted ,
- unsolicited ,
- unspoilt ,
- unsuspicious ,
- unworried ,
- up-front ,
- upfront ,
- viscerous ,
- wide-eyed ,
- will-less ,
- without ceremony ,
- witting .
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How to use "Spontaneous" in context?
Spontaneous means unintentional and unplanned. This definition can be applied in many different ways, but one example is:
The flowers in the garden suddenly sprang to life.
This is an example of spontaneous activity, where the flowers woke up and created their own life without any outside help. This is something that can often be accidental, but can also be planned and intentional.
Paraphrases for Spontaneous:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
unprompted.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
automatic, autonomous, endogenous, indiscriminate, informal, random, self-activating, sudden, unplanned, pop-up, top-of-mind.
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Noun, singular or mass
combustion.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
natural, unsolicited, off-the-cuff.
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Proper noun, singular
unsolicited.
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Adjective
Homophones for Spontaneous:
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- Synonyms:
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