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free
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Not restricted politically
sovereign, independent, liberated, autonomous, freed, released, delivered, emancipated, freeborn, enjoying democracy, enjoying political independence, democratic, self-governing, self-directing, autarkic, not subject to regulation, released from bondage, self-ruling, enfranchised, unenslaved, unregimented, unregulated, deregulated, decontrolled.
Antonyms enslaved, subject, bound.
Not restricted in space; said of persons
unconfined, unconstrained, at large, loose, cast loose, clear of, escaped, let out, let off, unshackled, unfettered, scot-free, free as air, free as a bird, free to come and go, unoccupied, at liberty, at leisure, unengaged, disengaged, available, not tied down, footloose and fancy-free*, on the loose*.
Antonyms confined*, imprisoned, restrained.
Not restricted in space; said of things
unimpeded, unobstructed, unhampered, unrestricted, unattached, loose, not held fast, unfastened, clear, open, unentangled, unengaged, disengaged, unoccupied, vacant, available, extricated, untrammeled, clear of, devoid of.
Given without charge
gratis, gratuitous, free of charge, without charge, for nothing, free of cost, complimentary, on the house, for free*, for love*, as a comp*, as a freebie*, for a thank-you*, free for nothing*.
Not restricted in speech or conduct
Generous
liberal, lavish, openhanded; see generous 1.
exploit, utilize, appropriate, take liberties with; see use 1.
generously, lavishly, liberally, freely; see generously 1.
free
v.
To set loose
liberate, release, discharge, deliver, save, emancipate, rescue, extricate, loose, loosen, unfix, unbind, disengage, undo, set free, set at liberty, let out, let go, let loose, bail out, turn loose, cut loose, relieve, reprieve, restore, absolve, acquit, dismiss, pardon, clear, exonerate, enfranchise, affranchise, ransom, redeem, unfetter, unbind, unshackle, manumit, unchain, disentangle, disenthrall, disimprison, demobilize, untie, unlock, unhand, unbar, let out of prison, parole, open the cage, spring*.
To clear of obstruction or entanglement
disengage, clear, disentangle, unfasten, extricate, untangle, disburden, disencumber, free up, relieve, discharge, unload, cast off, put off, empty, unburden, disembarrass, decontaminate.
free is the general term meaning to set loose from any sort of restraint, entanglement, burden, etc. to free a convict, one's conscience, etc.; release, more or less interchangeable with free, stresses a setting loose from confinement, literally or figuratively release me from my promise; liberate emphasizes the state of liberty into which the freed person or thing is brought to liberate prisoners of war; emancipate refers to a freeing from the bondage of slavery or of social institutions or conventions regarded as equivalent to slavery emancipated from medieval superstition; discharge implies a being permitted to leave that which confines or restrains discharged at last from the army
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Another word for free
Able to move about at will without bounds or restraint:
loose, unconfined, unrestrained. Idioms: at large, at liberty, free as a bird, on the loose. See freeHaving political independence:
autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign. See dependence, freeLacking literal exactness:
inexact, loose. See preciseCosting nothing:
complimentary, gratis, gratuitous. Idiom: on the house. See moneyNot spoken for or occupied:
open, uninhabited, unoccupied, unreserved. See ownedFree from obstructions:
clear, open, unblocked, unimpeded, unobstructed. See openSpeaking or spoken without reserve:
free-spoken, outspoken, vocal. See restraintCharacterized by bounteous giving:
freehanded, generous, handsome, lavish, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting. See giveDone by one's own choice:
spontaneous, uncompelled, unforced, volitional, voluntary, willful. See willingFreed from contact or connection:
clear. See free, strike
To set at liberty:
discharge, emancipate, liberate, loose, manumit, release. (Slang) spring. Idiom: let loose. See freeTo rid of obstructions:
clear, open, unblock. See open
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