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- pronunciation:
- span
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
definition 1: |
happening freely or done by impulse; not forced.
She reacted to news of the disaster with spontaneous generosity.His smile in the photograph doesn't appear spontaneous.The anti-government demonstration had not been planned, but, rather, was an unpredicted, spontaneous event.- synonyms:
- impulsive, natural, unpremeditated, voluntary
- antonyms:
- calculated, constrained, planned, premeditated, prepared
- similar words:
- ad-lib, candid, extemporaneous, free, impetuous, impromptu, seat-of-the-pants, snap, unforced, unprompted
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definition 2: |
happening without outward forces or causes.
spontaneous regeneration of tissue- similar words:
- automatic, ex nihilo, natural, self-acting
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definition 3: |
free, natural, and unconstrained in behavior.
- synonyms:
- free, natural, unconstrained
- antonyms:
- constrained, inhibited
- similar words:
- abandoned, extemporaneous, ingenuous, open, unaffected, unguarded, unstudied, willing
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related words: |
careless, glib, instinctive, offhand, scratch, uninhibited, whimsical |
adverb + (adj.)spontaneous
entirely, largely, seemingly, totally
(adj.)spontaneous
+ noun
abortion,
act,
activity,
affection,
alternation,
applause,
beta,
birth,
breathing,
burst,
celebration,
cheer,
coefficient,
colonization,
combustion,
composition,
conformity,
consciousness,
conversation,
creation,
creativity,
dance,
decay,
delivery,
demonstration,
discharge,
emergence,
emission,
emotion,
encounter,
enthusiasm,
eruption,
evolution,
exploration,
explosion,
expression,
fission,
flexibility,
format,
gathering,
generation,
gesture,
healing,
improvement,
improvisation,
impulse,
inspiration,
interaction,
invention,
joy,
laughter,
leakage,
lesion,
magnetization,
migration,
miscarriage,
moment,
movement,
mutation,
nature,
nystagmus,
occurrence,
order,
origin,
outburst,
outpouring,
ovation,
parade,
passion,
peritonitis,
play,
polarization,
prayer,
pregnancy,
protest,
quotient,
rate,
reaction,
recovery,
regression,
remission,
resolution,
response,
revolt,
rupture,
singing,
smile,
speech,
spelling,
symmetry,
uprising,
urge,
writing
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derivations: |
spontaneously (adv.), spontaneousness (n.) |
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