volunteer
Unpaid willing participant
A volunteer is someone who offers their services without being required or paid: We need volunteers to staff the booth.
Volunteer work is done willingly rather than for compensation.
As a verb, to volunteer is to offer oneself or information freely: She volunteered to help, He volunteered that he'd seen them leave together.
Volunteering someone else commits them without asking: I got volunteered to organize the potluck.
Collective of connected people
- serviceAid or maintenance
- civicPertaining to community affairs
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- outreachProactive community assistance
engagement · participation · involvement · commitment · dedication · contribution · support · assistance
Voluntary charitable gift
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
benefactor · giving · fundraising · endowment · sponsorship · pledge · relief · aid
Not yet compensated
- uncompensatedNot paid for work
- pro bonoFree professional services
- donatedGave as a gift
- freeWithout payment or restriction
gratis · complimentary · gratuitous · freewill · nonpaid
Voluntary entry into service
- recruitNew member sought
- reserveSupply kept back
- national guardDomestic military reserve force
- militiaNon-professional armed force
soldier · troops · regiment · battalion · brigade · platoon · infantry · mobilization
Public cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- activistVigorous cause champion
- organizerArrangement tool or person
- protesterOne who publicly opposes
reformer · lobbyist · environmentalist · humanitarian · abolitionist · suffragist · grassroots · mobilize
One who aids another
- supporterOne who backs another
- assistantOne who aids another
- aideSupporting staff member
- coordinatorOne who arranges activities
organizer · participant · contributor · worker · recruit · member · team · staff
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
empathy · goodwill · benevolence · caring · helping · sacrifice · nobility · purpose
community
Collective of connected people
- serviceAid or maintenance
- civicPertaining to community affairs
- organizationStructured group with purpose
outreach · engagement · participation · involvement · commitment · dedication · contribution · support · assistance · help
donation
Voluntary charitable gift
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- foundationUnderlying support structure
philanthropy · benefactor · giving · fundraising · endowment · sponsorship · pledge · relief · aid · outreach
unpaid
Not yet compensated
- uncompensatedNot paid for work
- pro bonoFree professional services
- donatedGave as a gift
free · gratis · complimentary · gratuitous · freewill · nonpaid
enlistment
Voluntary entry into service
- recruitNew member sought
- reserveSupply kept back
- national guardDomestic military reserve force
militia · soldier · troops · regiment · battalion · brigade · platoon · infantry · mobilization · deployment
advocate
Public cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- activistVigorous cause champion
- organizerArrangement tool or person
protester · reformer · lobbyist · environmentalist · humanitarian · abolitionist · suffragist · grassroots · mobilize · rally
helper
One who aids another
coordinator · organizer · participant · contributor · worker · recruit · member · team · staff · crew
altruism
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- generosityReadiness to give freely
kindness · empathy · goodwill · benevolence · caring · helping · sacrifice · nobility · purpose · fulfillment
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- helpingaid, assist, give a hand, help, helping hand
- people rolesteacher, student, coach, instructor, trainer
- supportsupport, emotional support, moral support, support group, stand by
- V-wordsvacuum, valley, value, vampire, van
- philanthropydonations, charity work, donate, give, giving
volunteerconscript
Compulsory military enrollee
compelled · coerced · involuntary · compulsory · mandatory
volunteeremployee
Hired organizational member
professional · mercenary · hire · contractor · wage earner
- volunteer workFreely given service
- volunteer trainingPreparing unpaid helpers
- volunteer corpsOrganized group of unpaid workers
- I volunteerUnprompted offer of service
- volunteer firefightersUnpaid emergency responders to blazes
- volunteer fire departmentNon-professional community firefighting unit