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VOLUNTEER Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word volunteer. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For VOLUNTEER

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compulsory
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• required by rule

contracted
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• reduced in size or pulled together

employed
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary

adjective satellite

• made useful

hired
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers

adjective satellite

• having services engaged for a fee

mandatory
adjectiveadj
noun

• the recipient of a mandate

• a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

adjective satellite

• required by rule

obligatory
adjectiveadj
adjective

• morally or legally constraining or binding

adjective satellite

• required by obligation or compulsion or convention

paid
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• marked by the reception of pay

adjective satellite

• involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby

• yielding a fair profit

professional
adjectiveadj
adjective

• engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

• of or relating to or suitable as a profession

• characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

• of or relating to a profession

noun

• a person engaged in one of the learned professions

• an athlete who plays for pay

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

adjective satellite

• engaged in by members of a profession

worker
nounn
noun

• a person who works at a specific occupation

• a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

• sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae

• a person who acts and gets things done

staffed
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

• a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

• the body of teachers and administrators at a school

• building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

• a rod carried as a symbol

• (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

verb

• provide with staff

• serve on the staff of

draftee
nounn
noun

• someone who is drafted into military service

Alternatives for COMPULSORY

Alternatives for CONTRACTED

Alternatives for EMPLOYED

Alternatives for HIRED

Alternatives for MANDATORY

Alternatives for OBLIGATORY

Alternatives for PAID

Alternatives for PROFESSIONAL

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