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synonyms for volunteers

  • come forward
  • enlist
  • sign up
  • step forward
  • suggest
  • advance
  • present
  • proffer
  • propose
  • tender
  • bring forward
  • chip in
  • do on one's own volition
  • go in
  • let oneself in for
  • offer services
  • put at one's disposal
  • put forward
  • speak up
  • stand up
  • submit oneself
  • take bull by the horns
  • take initiative
  • take the plunge
  • take upon oneself

antonyms for volunteers

MOST RELEVANT
  • take back
  • compel
  • force
  • obligate
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How to use volunteers in a sentence

The volunteers and guerilla battalions were consequently disbanded, not a day too soon for the tranquillity of the city.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
The news of these successes brought crowds of volunteers to our standard.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
Lannes enlisted in the second battalion of the volunteers of Gers, and was at once elected sub-lieutenant by his fellow-citizens.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
Indeed, the arrival of the American volunteers under these distressing circumstances produced a fresh commotion in Yloilo.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
He immediately sent home the battalions of the volunteers of 1792, who were arriving without arms and in rags.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
Presently my talkative companion volunteers the information that he also is waiting for trial.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
He crossed the Atlantic, visited New York, and there found volunteers in abundance.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
What made their situation the more critical was the reluctance of the militia and volunteers to take up arms.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLAN
I remained three days in Florence, and then went to Terni, and found the place full of volunteers—in all nearly 2000 men.
RULE OF THE MONKGIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
After staying there for several days, the General resolved to march to Tivoli, which was held by a strong body of our volunteers.
RULE OF THE MONKGIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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