Thesaurus / spontaneous
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Because most people don’t make totally spontaneous decisions about where to go or eat — some amount of forethought or planning is typically involved — it will be interesting to see how this feature gets used and evolves.
GOOGLE SEARCH GETS DEEPER INTO THE ‘REAL-WORLD’ WITH BUSYNESS, DUPLEX AND AR IN MAPSGREG STERLINGOCTOBER 16, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LANDDeactivation of lateral PFC regions is associated with free-floating, defocused attention, allowing spontaneous associations between ideas to arise, and sudden realizations or insights to occur.
THE NEUROLOGY OF FLOW STATES - ISSUE 91: THE AMAZING BRAINHEATHER BERLINOCTOBER 14, 2020NAUTILUSNot surprisingly, the frontal regions of the brain that have been shown to be involved in time perception and impulse control are also involved in spontaneous creativity.
THE NEUROLOGY OF FLOW STATES - ISSUE 91: THE AMAZING BRAINHEATHER BERLINOCTOBER 14, 2020NAUTILUSIn nature, any spontaneous flow between two reservoirs can be harvested to produce power.
IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF ENVIRONMENTALISM - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENANASTASIA BENDEBURY & MICHAEL SHILO DELAYOCTOBER 7, 2020NAUTILUSOther times, culture emerges by accident, the product of a million spontaneous actions that over time become habits—for better or worse.
WALMART CEO: TO TACKLE TODAY’S CHALLENGES, ‘LISTEN WITH OPEN EARS AND AN OPEN HEART’MATTHEWHEIMEROCTOBER 6, 2020FORTUNEPerhaps his almost perfectly spontaneous love of tiny flowers is already a considerable advance on his so-called prototype.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYYet I think if we observe closely we shall detect traces of a spontaneous impulse towards self-adornment.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYSpontaneous gaiety was gone out of his cousin, whose attempts to be his normal self became forced and unsuccessful.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODIn a strict sense, of course, no child's drawing is absolutely spontaneous and independent of external stimulus and guidance.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAs far as possible I have sought spontaneous drawings of quite young children, viz., from between two and three to about six.
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WORDS RELATED TO SPONTANEOUS
- at ease
- calm
- carefree
- comfortable
- comfy
- commodious
- composed
- content
- contented
- cozy
- cursive
- cushy
- easeful
- effortless
- flowing
- fluent
- forthright
- gentle
- in clover
- languid
- light
- mild
- moderate
- peaceful
- pleasant
- prosperous
- quiet
- running
- satisfied
- secure
- serene
- slow
- smooth
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- soft
- spontaneous
- substantial
- successful
- temperate
- thriving
- tranquil
- undemanding
- undisturbed
- unexacting
- unhurried
- untroubled
- unworried
- well-to-do
- at ease
- calm
- carefree
- comfortable
- comfy
- commodious
- composed
- content
- contented
- cozy
- cursive
- cushy
- easeful
- effortless
- flowing
- fluent
- forthright
- gentle
- in clover
- languid
- light
- mild
- moderate
- peaceful
- pleasant
- prosperous
- quiet
- running
- satisfied
- secure
- serene
- slow
- smooth
- snug
- soft
- spontaneous
- substantial
- successful
- temperate
- thriving
- tranquil
- undemanding
- undisturbed
- unexacting
- unhurried
- untroubled
- unworried
- well-to-do
- at ease
- calm
- carefree
- comfortable
- comfy
- commodious
- composed
- content
- contented
- cozy
- cursive
- cushy
- easeful
- effortless
- flowing
- fluent
- forthright
- gentle
- in clover
- languid
- light
- mild
- moderate
- peaceful
- pleasant
- prosperous
- quiet
- running
- satisfied
- secure
- serene
- slow
- smooth
- snug
- soft
- spontaneous
- substantial
- successful
- temperate
- thriving
- tranquil
- undemanding
- undisturbed
- unexacting
- unhurried
- untroubled
- unworried
- well-to-do
- affecting
- ardent
- disturbed
- ecstatic
- emotive
- enthusiastic
- excitable
- exciting
- falling apart
- fanatical
- feeling
- fervent
- fervid
- fickle
- fiery
- heartwarming
- heated
- histrionic
- hot-blooded
- hysterical
- impassioned
- impetuous
- impulsive
- irrational
- moving
- nervous
- overwrought
- passionate
- pathetic
- poignant
- responsive
- roused
- sensitive
- sentient
- sentimental
- spontaneous
- stirred
- stirring
- susceptible
- tear-jerking
- temperamental
- tender
- thrilling
- touching
- warm
- zealous
- ad hoc
- ad-lib
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extemporary
- extempore
- fake
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- toss off
- toss out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unrehearsed
- unstudied
- winging it
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- by ear
- casual
- expedient
- extempore
- free
- immediate
- impromptu
- improv
- improvisatory
- improviso
- informal
- jamming
- made-up
- makeshift
- off the cuff
- off the top of head
- offhand
- on impulse
- on-the-spot
- snap
- spontaneous
- spur-of-the-moment
- taking for ride
- thought out loud
- tossed off
- tossed out
- unplanned
- unpremeditated
- unprepared
- unstudied
- winging it
- accidental
- aimless
- all over the map
- any old way
- any which way
- arbitrary
- careless
- casual
- chance
- designless
- desultory
- devil-may-care
- disorderly
- disorganized
- erratic
- fluke
- helter-skelter
- hit-or-miss
- incidental
- indiscriminate
- irregular
- loose
- offhand
- purposeless
- random
- reckless
- slapdash
- slipshod
- spontaneous
- sudden
- unconcerned
- unconscious
- unconsidered
- uncoordinated
- unexpected
- unmethodical
- unorganized
- unpremeditated
- unsystematic
- unthinking
- willy-nilly
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