English word
Free
Definitions
adjective
- not costing or charging anything
- not bound, confined, or detained by force
- having no trade restrictions
- not subject to government regulation
- not subject to restriction or official controlof foreign exchange
- having no obligations (as to work) or commitments
- not taken up with commitments or obligations
- having a scope not restricted by qualification
- not obstructed, restricted, or impeded
- not being used or occupied
- not hampered or restricted in its normal operation
- having the legal and political rights of a citizen
- not limited in any way
- not fastened
- not confined to a particular position or place
- capable of moving or turning in any direction
- performed without apparatus
- done with artificial aids (such as pitons) used only for protection against falling and not for support
- not frugal or stingy
- outspoken
- availing oneself of something without restraint
- not limited by fear, uncertainty, etc. : frank, open
- enjoying civil and political liberty
- overly familiar or forward in action or attitudesomewhat old-fashioned
- marked by disregard for strict rules of correctnesssomewhat old-fashioned
- not united with, attached to, combined with, or mixed with something else : separate
- freestanding
- chemically uncombined
- not permanently attached but able to move about
- capable of being used alone as a meaningful linguistic form
- compare bound entry 1 sense 7
- not literal or exact
- not restricted by or conforming to conventional forms
- favorable
- enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination
- not allowing slavery
- open to all comers
- enjoying personal freedom : not subject to the control or domination of another
- not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being : choosing or capable of choosing for itself
- made or done as a matter of choice or right : not compelled or restricted
- made, done, or given voluntarily or spontaneously
- relieved from or lacking something and especially something unpleasant or burdensome
Synonyms for free
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- independent
- autonomous
- sovereign
- liberate
- release
- rescue
- save
- loose
- emancipate