Word Meanings - GRATUITOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry.

Additional info about word: GRATUITOUS

1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. L'Estrange. 2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. De Quincye. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GRATUITOUS)

• Free
• Detached
• playing
• operating
• open
• unoccupied
• unobstructed
• unimpeded
• permitted
• unhindered
• exempt
• gratuitous
• unconditional
• at liberty
• clear
• liberal
• untrammelled
• uncounted
• careless
• loose
• easy
• munificent
• unreserved
• frank
• bountiful
• generous
• bounteous
• Groundless
• Vain
• supposititious
• unfounded
• baseless
• fanciful
• chimerical
• false
• Honorary
• Gratuitous
• unofficial
• unremunerative
• nominal
• titular
• Invidious
• Unfair
• partial
• inconsiderate
• hateful
• envious
• offensive
• Needless
• Unnecessary
• useless
• superfluous

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GRATUITOUS)

• Tie
• fasten
• hold
• retain

Related words: (words related to GRATUITOUS)

• OPERATIC; OPERATICAL
  Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera.
• FRANKALMOIGNE
  A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
• PLAY
  quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G. pflegen; of unknown 1. To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot. As Cannace was
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• FALSENESS
  The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
• PLAYWRITER
  A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
• CARELESSLY
  In a careless manner.
• PLAYTE
  See PLEYT
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• LIBERALIZE
  To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
• NEEDLESS
  1. Having no need. Weeping into the needless stream. Shak. 2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses. 3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless. "Needless jealousy." Shak. -- Need"less*ly,
• BOUNTIFUL
  1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors. God, the bountiful Author of our being. Locke. 2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food. Syn. -- Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. -- Boun"ti*ful*ly, adv.
• NOMINALIST
  One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. Reid.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• FALSE-FACED
  Hypocritical. Shak.
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• OFFENSIVE
  1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach."
• NOMINAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson. 2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
• ILLIBERALISM
  Illiberality.
• CONGENEROUS
  Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. Sir T. Browne. -- Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. Hallywell.
• MULTINOMINAL; MULTINOMINOUS
  Having many names or terms.
• POLYNUCLEAR
  Containing many nuclei.
• MEDAL PLAY
  Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes.