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spontaneous

/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/

adjective

Meaning

  • Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.

    "He made a spontaneous offer of help."

  • Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.

  • Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint

  • Arising from a momentary impulse

  • Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things

  • Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor.

  • Random.

  • Sudden, without warning.

Synonyms

autonomous,
autonomous,
autonomous,
abrupt,
precipitous,
subitaneous