spontaneous
adjective/spɑnˈteɪniəs/
Frequency rank: #6,010 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
happening naturally and without being planned or forced
Example sentence
The crowd broke into spontaneous applause at the end of the performance.
Synonyms & related words
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