Definition for Unprovoked:

• occurring without motivation or provocation; " motiveless malignity"; " unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F. D. Roosevelt

Synonyms for Unprovoked:

• adj.

  •gratuitous (adjective)
  • baseless,
  • unsupportable,
  • indefensible,
  • needless,
  • unfounded,
  • unessential,
  • superfluous,
  • bottomless,
  • unjustified,
  • assumed,
  • unwarranted,
  • uncalled-for,
  • inessential.
  •groundless (adjective)
  • empty,
  • unsupported,
  • illusory,
  • false,
  • imaginary,
  • Foundationless,
  • illogical,
  • idle,
  • flimsy,
  • chimerical,
  • unauthorized.
  •unwarranted (adjective)
  • unconscionable,
  • unjustifiable,
  • undue,
  • inexcusable,
  • wrong,
  • unwarrantable,
  • ungrounded.
  •wanton (adjective)
  • inconsiderate,
  • merciless,
  • accidentally on purpose,
  • willful,
  • perverse,
  • contrary,
  • unasked,
  • malevolent,
  • ornery,
  • mean,
  • double-crossing,
  • vicious,
  • senseless,
  • wicked,
  • wayward,
  • evil,
  • spiteful.

• n.

  •unfair (noun)
  • unreasonable.
  •unmotivated (noun)
  • unmotivated.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • supererogatory,
  • uncalled for,
  • causeless,
  • gratuitous,
  • groundless,
  • motiveless,
  • reasonless,
  • unmerited,
  • wanton.
  •n.
  • ableism,
  • arbitrary,
  • bias,
  • biased,
  • bit,
  • chauvinism,
  • cronyism,
  • discriminate,
  • discrimination,
  • elitist,
  • ethnocentric,
  • favour,
  • favouritism,
  • ghettoize,
  • inequitable,
  • inequity,
  • injustice,
  • laugh,
  • loaded,
  • male chauvinist,
  • nepotism,
  • old boy,
  • one-sided,
  • one-way,
  • partial,
  • partiality,
  • partisan,
  • pet,
  • prejudge,
  • prejudice,
  • prejudiced,
  • prejudicial,
  • sexism,
  • sexist,
  • slanted,
  • stigmatize,
  • subjective,
  • supremacist,
  • teacher's pet,
  • unbalance,
  • unbalanced,
  • unequal,
  • uneven,
  • unfair,
  • unjust,
  • unsportsmanlike,
  • vested interest,
  • wrongful,
  • tokenism,
  • shortchange,
  • blue-eyed boy,
  • fair-haired boy,
  • hate crime,
  • the old school tie,
  • slant,
  • color prejudice,
  • colour prejudice.

Paraphrases for Unprovoked:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unjustifiable, unfounded, unreasonable, baseless, unjust, wanton.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unwarranted, groundless, gratuitous, undue.

Antonyms for Unprovoked:

• adj.

  • gratuitous
    deserved, Grounded, proven, expensive, reasonable, called-for, needed, necessary, justified, costly, warranted.
  • groundless
    genuine, right, substantiated, correct, real.
  • unwarranted
    just, fair, unprejudiced, excusable, justifiable, sensible.
  • wanton
    thoughtful, wise, careful, rational, observant, righteous, nice, clean, decent, moral, gentle, kind.
  • Other antonyms:
    motivated.

Unprovoked Sentence Examples:

• It is quite unpleasant when one's eyes are fixed on the compass, to find, on looking up, that one's hat has swept off a great web, whose owner runs over one, furious at unprovoked assault.

• In Europe the seemingly unprovoked assault upon a weak neutral State excited the utmost indignation.