gratuitous

Synonyms for gratuitous

adj free

Antonyms for gratuitous

Word Origin & History

1650s, "freely bestowed," from Latin gratuitus "done without pay, spontaneous, voluntary," from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from gratia "favor" (see grace). Sense of "uncalled for, done without good reason" is first recorded 1690s.

Example Sentences for gratuitous

The attack must have all the shocking senselessness of gratuitous blasphemy.

He scorned a dedication, that misnomer for gratuitous advertising.

Arthur, I need not ask if you are innocent; it would be a gratuitous insult to you.

Apparently, Mr. Galloway did not like this gratuitous suggestion.

That act, according to the canons of the church, must be gratuitous.

But the expectation was gratuitous and the disappointment imaginary.

I was in a too idle mood to imagine such a gratuitous barbarity.

His chief diversion these days was in gratuitous appearances.

I was in too idle a mood to imagine such a gratuitous barbarity.

It was considered a gratuitous interference with a person's freewill.

gratuitous

Synonyms for gratuitous

Antonyms for gratuitous

complimentary

eleemosynary

free

freer

freest

gratuitous

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Antonyms for gratuitous

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complimentary

eleemosynary

free

freer

freest

Synonyms for gratuitous

baseless