Related Searches
Nearby Words
Spontaneous www.ask.com/Spontaneous Look Up Spontaneous. Get The Right Answer, Right Now!
Dictionary.com's Mobile Apps www.dictionary.com/mobile Ad-Free, Offline Content, Audio Pronunciation and More! Take Millions of Words With You Everywhere. Download Now!
Ads
adjective
1.
coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
2.
(of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses.
3.
(of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes; independent of external agencies; self-acting.
4.
growing naturally or without cultivation, as plants and fruits; indigenous.
5.
produced by natural process.
Origin:
1650–60; < Late Latin spontāneus, equivalent to Latin spont(e) willingly + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)
1650–60; < Late Latin spontāneus, equivalent to Latin spont(e) willingly + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)
Related forms
spon·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb
spon·ta·ne·ous·ness, noun
non·spon·ta·ne·ous, adjective
non·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb
non·spon·ta·ne·ous·ness, noun
EXPANDsem·i·spon·ta·ne·ous, adjective
sem·i·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb
sem·i·spon·ta·ne·ous·ness, noun
sub·spon·ta·ne·ous, adjective
sub·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb
sub·spon·ta·ne·ous·ness, noun
un·spon·ta·ne·ous, adjective
un·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb
un·spon·ta·ne·ous·ness, noun
COLLAPSEAntonyms
1. premeditated.
1. premeditated.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To spontaneously
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Spontaneously
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Thousands of fire ants spontaneously rearrange themselves into a floating island t.
- In scramjets, oxygen is rammed into a combustion chamber where it mixes with fuel and spontaneously ignites.
- Fresh ideas often emerge spontaneously in off hours.
Collins
World English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
