“free”

Definitions

• adjective

  not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

  Synonyms: abandoned, able, above, absolve, accessible, acquit, adrift, affranchise, afloat, allowed, amnesty, approachable

  Antonyms: unfree

  • Example:“free enterprise”
  • Example:“a free port”

• adjective

  unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

  Antonyms: bound

  • Example:“free expansion”
  • Example:“free oxygen”

• adjective

  costing nothing

  Synonyms: complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous

  • Example:“complimentary tickets”
  • Example:“free admission”

• adjective

  not occupied or in use

  • Example:“a free locker”
  • Example:“a free lane”

• adjective

  not fixed in position

  Synonyms: detached

  • Example:“The detached shutter fell on him.”
  • Example:“He pulled his arm free and ran.”

• adjective

  not held in servitude

  Antonyms: unfree

  • Example:“After the Civil War he was a free man.”