involuntary as an adjective: - 1
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involuntary
adjective
1 involuntary
Not subject to the control of the will:
— Involuntary manslaughter.
— Involuntary servitude.
— An involuntary shudder.
— It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat.
synonyms: nonvoluntary, unvoluntary.
Roget 601:
necessary,
needful
etc.
(requisite)
630.
fated;
destined
etc.
v.;
elect;
spellbound compulsory
etc.
(compel)
744;
uncontrollable,
inevitable,
unavoidable,
irresistible,
irrevocable,
inexorable;
avoidless†,
resistless.
involuntary,
instinctive,
automatic,
blind,
mechanical;
unconscious,
unwitting,
unthinking;
unintentional
etc.
(undesigned)
621;
impulsive
etc.
612.
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Roget 603:
unwilling;
not in the vein,
loth,
loath,
shy of,
disinclined,
indisposed,
averse,
reluctant,
not content;
adverse
etc.
(opposed)
708;
laggard,
backward,
remiss,
slack,
slow to;
indifferent
etc.
866;
scrupulous;
squeamish
etc.
(fastidious)
868;
repugnant
etc.
(dislike)
867;
restiff†,
restive;
demurring
etc.
v.;
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764;
involuntary
etc.
601.
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Polish: odruchowy, automatyczny, bezświadomy, bezwiedny, mechaniczny, mimowiedny, pomimowolny, mimowolny
2 involuntary
Controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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