Definition of spontaneous
Adjectives
happening or arising without apparent external cause
"spontaneous laughter"
"spontaneous combustion"
"a spontaneous abortion"
- Synonyms:
- self-generated
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impulsive, unprompted
proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
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intuitive
spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
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instinctive, natural
unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- Antonyms:
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induced
brought about or caused; not spontaneous
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elicited, evoked
called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
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iatrogenic
induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment)
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said or done without having been planned or written in advance
- Synonyms:
- ad-lib, unwritten
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unscripted
not furnished with or using a script
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