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spon·ta·ne·ous

spontaneous

 
 
pronunciation:
span teI ni s
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: happening in a free way; not forced.
My friend suddenly let out a spontaneous laugh.
synonyms:
impulsive, natural, voluntary
antonyms:
prepared
similar words:
ad-lib, free, impetuous, snap
definition 2: happening without outside causes or forces.
There was a spontaneous explosion in the lab.
similar words:
automatic, natural
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)spontaneous entirely, largely, totally
(adj.)spontaneous + noun act, activity, affection, applause, beta, birth, breathing, burst, celebration, cheer, combustion, composition, consciousness, conversation, creation, creativity, dance, decay, delivery, demonstration, discharge, emission, emotion, encounter, enthusiasm, eruption, evolution, exploration, explosion, expression, fission, flexibility, gathering, generation, gesture, healing, improvement, impulse, inspiration, interaction, invention, joy, laughter, migration, moment, movement, nature, occurrence, order, origin, outburst, parade, passion, play, prayer, protest, quotient, rate, reaction, recovery, remission, resolution, response, revolt, rupture, singing, smile, speech, spelling, symmetry, uprising, urge, writing [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: spontaneously (adv.), spontaneousness (n.)