adjectiveUpper-intermediate

spontaneous

US

/spɑnˈteɪniəs/

UK

/spɒnˈteɪniəs/

Meaning

Happening naturally and without being planned or decided in advance.

जो बिना पहले से योजना बनाए या सोचे-समझे, अपने आप हो जाए।

Examples

“Her spontaneous offer to help made the difficult move much easier.”

spontaneous offerunplanned action

“We made a spontaneous stop at the roadside café during our drive.”

spontaneous stopeveryday context

“His spontaneity brought fresh energy to the team meeting.”

noun formpositive quality

Useful patterns

a spontaneous decision or actiona spontaneous reaction or responsespontaneous laughter or applausespontaneous offer to help

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Word family

spontaneously(adverb)
spontaneity(noun)

Common collocations

spontaneous decisionspontaneous reactionspontaneous laughterspontaneous applausespontaneous offerspontaneous trip

Common mistakes

Not natural: We did a spontaneous decision to leave early.

Better: We made a spontaneous decision to leave early.

Use make, not do, with decision; spontaneous describes the decision.

Decision के साथ make का इस्तेमाल होता है, do का नहीं। Spontaneous निर्णय का वर्णन करता है।

Not natural: She spoke spontaneous during the meeting.

Better: She spoke spontaneously during the meeting.

Use the adverb spontaneously to describe how someone speaks.

किसी के बोलने का तरीका बताने के लिए adverb spontaneously इस्तेमाल करें।

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Synonyms

Words with similar meaning

unplannedimpromptuinstinctivenaturalunprompted
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Antonyms

Words with contrasting meaning

planneddeliberateprearranged

Learner tip

Spontaneous usually means unplanned, not careless; a spontaneous choice can still be thoughtful.

Spontaneous का मतलब आमतौर पर बिना योजना के होता है, लापरवाही से नहीं; ऐसा फैसला फिर भी सोच-समझकर लिया जा सकता है।

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What does a spontaneous decision mean?

Spontaneous decision का क्या मतलब है?