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spon·ta·ne·ous
/spänˈtānēəs/
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adjective
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:
unforced
voluntary
unconstrained
unprompted
unbidden
unsolicited
unplanned
unpremeditated
unrehearsed
impulsive
impetuous
unstudied
impromptu
spur-of-the-moment
extempore
extemporaneous
unschooled
untaught
uninstructed
off-the-cuff
Opposite:
planned
forced
calculated
(of a person) having an open, natural, and uninhibited manner.
Similar:
natural
uninhibited
relaxed
unselfconscious
unaffected
easy
free and easy
impulsive
impetuous
open
genuine
Opposite:
inhibited
(of a process or event) occurring without apparent external cause. Seven Spontaneous Signs 👍🏽of Jesus on His journey.
Changing water into wine at Cana in John 2:1-11 - "the first of the signs"
Healing the royal official's son in Capernaum in John 4:46-54.
Healing the paralytic at Bethesda in John 5:1-15.
Feeding the 5000 in John 6:5-14.
Jesus walking on water in John 6:16-24.
Healing the man blind from birth in John 9:1-7.