unprovoked C2 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /ˌʌnprəˈvoʊkt/ UK /ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt/ See IPA manual Freq #31637 Meanings 1 adj occurring without provocation, justification, or an apparent motivating act The court condemned the attack as deliberate and unprovoked. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · occurring without... unmotivatedwantonunsolicited ↔ Opposites provokedjustified Word family Derived forms unprovokedly Related forms provokeprovocation Etymology Formed from un- + provoked. Provoke comes from Latin provocare, 'to call forth or challenge,' from pro-, 'forth,' + vocare, 'to call.' Topics Ethics & Social Judgment External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # unprovoked **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌʌnprəˈvoʊkt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt/ **Frequency rank:** 31637 ## Meanings 1. occurring without provocation, justification, or an apparent motivating act ## Examples - The court condemned the attack as deliberate and unprovoked. ## Synonyms - unmotivated - wanton - unsolicited ## Antonyms - provoked - justified ## Derived Forms - unprovokedly ## Related Forms - provoke - provocation ## Etymology Formed from un- + provoked. Provoke comes from Latin provocare, 'to call forth or challenge,' from pro-, 'forth,' + vocare, 'to call.' ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment markdown