Search Result for "involuntary":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. not subject to the control of the will;
- Example: "involuntary manslaughter"
- Example: "involuntary servitude"
- Example: "an involuntary shudder"
- Example: "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy
[syn: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary]
2. controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control;
- Example: "involuntary muscles"
- Example: "gave an involuntary start"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Involuntary \In*vol"un*ta*ry\, a. [L. involuntarius. See In- not, and Voluntary.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not having will or the power of choice. [1913 Webster] 2. Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers. [1913 Webster] 3. Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission. InvoluteMoby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "involuntary": at odds, automatic, averse, binding, blind, casual, compulsive, compulsory, conditioned, cursory, dictated, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, forced, fractious, gut, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-devised, imperative, impulsive, inadvertent, indeliberate, indisposed, indocile, inevitable, inherent, innate, instinctive, instinctual, libidinal, mandatory, mechanical, mutinous, natural, necessary, obligatory, opposed, perfunctory, recalcitrant, reflex, reflexive, refractory, required, resistant, snap, spontaneous, subliminal, sulky, sullen, unadvised, uncalculated, unconscious, unconsenting, unconsidered, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, unguarded, unguided, unintended, unintentional, unlearned, unmeant, unmeditated, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprompted, unpurposed, unstudied, unthinking, unthought-of, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting
