spontaneous

Examples

• All

• We decided to take a spontaneous trip to the beach without any prior planning.

• You just feel good and you know, and you have spontaneous moments of joy, of freedom.

• I decided we're just being spontaneous, and guess what?

• Do you want to give a spontaneous answer to that?

• With you... I was spontaneous for the first time in my entire life.

  Playing by Heart (1998)

• Was it just one of those spontaneous things that happened sometimes between two people?

  Fiction book (1994)

• We are back from our spontaneous sunset shoot.

• Would you be interested in a spontaneous camping trip?

  Kara and Nate

• Children who are perceivers would be spontaneous and prefer not to plan every minute of the day.

  Academic text (1991)

• Now I wake up free to feel the spontaneous happiness of awakening from a good night's sleep.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

C

casual

vsspontaneous

50 2.5

Happening by chance and not planned

is a natural internal occurrence rather than merely accidental or informal

A

automatic

vsspontaneous

48 3.7

Done without thinking, like a quick natural reaction

is natural and unplanned rather than an unthinking reflex

I

impromptu

vsspontaneous

37 6.3

Done or said without preparation

is naturally originating without external cause rather than being simply unprepared speech

U

unplanned

vsspontaneous

25 3.5

Happening by chance without getting ready first

is naturally caused without outside influence rather than only lacking plan

I

improvisational

vsspontaneous

10 7.2

Made or done without planning, using what is on hand

is natural and uncaused by outside forces rather than a deliberate performance

U

unbidden

vsspontaneous

5 7.5

Happening on its own without being asked or wanted

is caused internally and naturally rather than necessarily involuntary or unwanted

U

unpremeditated

vsspontaneous

2 7.5

Happening without being planned or thought about first

is naturally occurring without external cause rather than simply unplanned action

U

unprompted

vsspontaneous

2 6.2

Done without being asked

is natural and uncaused by outside forces rather than only lacking external prompting

I

improvisatory

vsspontaneous

1 7.7

Happens without planning, often on the spot

is naturally occurring without external cause rather than human invented on the spot

A

ad-lib

vsspontaneous

1 7.4

Said or done without preparation

is natural and not caused by outside forces rather than being improvised by a person

U

unwritten

vsspontaneous

1 3.9

Not planned or put on paper in advance

is naturally produced without external cause rather than only not documented beforehand

S

self-generated

vsspontaneous

1 5.1

Made by itself without outside help

is about being natural and unplanned rather than focusing on self origin

U

unstudied

vsspontaneous

1 6.4

Not planned or practiced and seeming natural

is naturally produced without external cause rather than simply unpracticed

U

uncontrived

vsspontaneous

7.0

Appearing natural and not forced

is naturally happening without external cause rather than only lacking artifice

U

unconstructed

vsspontaneous

6.0

Speech or action that feels natural and not planned

is naturally occurring without outside cause rather than only unplanned appearance

E

extemporary

vsspontaneous

8.8

Happening without much planning

is naturally occurring without outside cause rather than merely lightly prepared

Antonyms

I

intentional

117 3.9

Done on purpose and not by accident

P

planned

26 1.0

Arranged before it happens on purpose

I

induced

• Specialized

5.9

Made to happen by another thing or action, not happening naturally

Compounds

S

spontaneous combustion

• Specialized

3 7.8

A fire that starts inside something without an outside flame or heat

S

spontaneous abortion

• Specialized

1 5.5

Loss of a pregnancy that happens naturally before the baby is born

S

spontaneous generation

• Specialized

1 9.8

The idea that living things can appear from nonliving matter without parents is now known to be wrong

S

spontaneous trip

1 3.9

A sudden journey you make without planning

How Spontaneous

impulsive

78 4.4

spontaneous

187 4.2

planned

26 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology