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spontaneous
- /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/ UK
- /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/ US
Rhymes with -eɪniəs
adjective more spontaneous · most spontaneous
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Self-directed; happening or acting without external cause or instigation; proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or momentary impulse.
He made a spontaneous offer of help.
Similar: autonomous, automatic, involuntary, natural, unforced · Opposite: induced, stimulated, voluntary
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Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
YSL, as he is often called, is equally capable of casual, aristocratic cruelty and earthy, spontaneous tenderness, and when you study his face it can be hard to distinguish boredom from rapture.
Similar: impulsive, extemporaneous, unpremeditated, unprompted · Opposite: calculated, deliberate, planned, premeditated
- Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things.
- Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor. He persisted in his design; and, because he would not make his wants known, actually subsisted for several days on hips, haws and sloes, and other spontaneous fruits which he gathered in the woods and fields.
- Sudden, without warning.
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Said or done without prior planning or prior writing.
He made spontaneous remarks in the court, after being asked an unexpected question.
Similar: unwritten, abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous, precipitant, precipitate, spontaneous, sudden, suddent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unprompted, unscripted, unwritten, instinctive, unplanted, natural, impulsive, ad-lib, wild, self-generated, random, automatic, indiscriminate, false, unplanned, voluntary
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adj self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
| Español | espontáneo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 自发的 |
| Português | espontâneo |
| Français | spontané, volontaire |
| Deutsch | spontan |
| Italiano | spontaneo |
| Ελληνικά | αυθόρμητος afthórmitos, εθελοντικός ethelontikós |
| Română | spontan |
| Русский | спонта́нный spontánnyj, самопроизво́льный samoproizvólʹnyj |
| العربية | عَفَوِيّ ʕafawiyy, ذَاتِيّ ḏātiyy, تَلْقَائِيّ talqāʔiyy |
adj proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
| Español | espontáneo |
|---|---|
| Français | spontané |
| Ελληνικά | αυθόρμητος afthórmitos, πηγαίος pigaíos, ενστικτώδης enstiktódis |
adj arising from a momentary impulse
| Español | espontáneo |
|---|---|
| Français | impulsif |
| Ελληνικά | παρορμητικός parormitikós, αυθόρμητος afthórmitos |
adj not apparently contrived or manipulated
| Français | naturel, spontané |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αυθόρμητος afthórmitos, φυσικός fysikós |
adj done by one's own free choice, or without planning
| Português | espontâneo |
|---|---|
| Français | spontané |
| Deutsch | spontan |
| Italiano | spontaneo |
| Ελληνικά | αυθόρμητος afthórmitos, αβίαστος avíastos |
| Română | spontan |
| Русский | доброво́льный dobrovólʹnyj |
Talk about this word "spontaneous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spontaneous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spontaneous. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spontaneous "spontaneous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spontaneous.Cite this
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title = {spontaneous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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