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- Dictionaryspon·ta·ne·ous/spänˈtānēəs/
adjective
- 1. performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus: "the audience broke into spontaneous applause" Similar Opposite
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1. : proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint. 2. : arising from a momentary impulse. 3. : controlled and directed internally : self-acting. spontaneous movement characteristic of living things. 4. : produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous. 5.
SPONTANEOUS definition: 1. happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced…. Learn more.
Spontaneous means natural and unplanned. When you describe an action or event as spontaneous, it means it happened naturally, without having been planned, as in The meeting turned into a spontaneous dance party.
Something spontaneous happens when you're least expecting it. Spontaneous things are natural or instinctive, and they happen without warning. If you plan to go to a movie and then you go, that's not a spontaneous thing.
Spontaneous acts are not planned or arranged, but are done because someone suddenly wants to do them.
1. coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation. 2. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses. 3. (of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes. 4. growing naturally or without cultivation, as plants and fruits; indigenous.
SPONTANEOUS meaning: 1. happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced…. Learn more.
SPONTANEOUS meaning: 1 : done or said in a natural and often sudden way and without a lot of thought or planning; 2 : doing things that have not been planned but that seem enjoyable and worth doing at a particular time.
adjective. /spɑnˈteɪniəs/ not planned but done because you suddenly want to do it a spontaneous offer of help The audience burst into spontaneous applause. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
Having no apparent external cause or influence; occurring or produced by its own energy, force, etc. or through internal causes; self-acting. Acting in accordance with or resulting from a natural feeling, impulse, or tendency, without any constraint, effort, or premeditation.
