Definition of SPONTANEOUS

spontaneous

Meanings

Adjective

  • happening or arising without apparent external cause
    • "spontaneous laughter"
    • "spontaneous combustion"
    • "a spontaneous abortion"

Adjective Satellite

  • said or done without having been planned or written in advance

Adj

  • Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
  • 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.
  • Sudden, without warning.
  • Said or done without prior planning or prior writing.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin spontāneus.

Antonyms

induced

Scrabble Score: 13

spontaneous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
spontaneous is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
spontaneous is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

spontaneous is a valid Words With Friends word