free
nouns
verbs
grant freedom to; free from confinement
remove or force out from a position
"The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
"She exempted me from the exam"
make (information) available for publication
"release the list with the names of the prisoners"
free or remove obstruction from
"free a path across the cluttered floor"
antonym
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
adjectives
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
"free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
antonym
is similar to
having escaped, especially from confinement
"a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
is similar to
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
is similar to
not busy; not otherwise committed
"he was not available for comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her"
is similar to
free from contact or proximity or connection
"we were clear of the danger"; "the ship was clear of the reef"
is similar to
free from traditional social restraints
"an emancipated young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle"
is similar to
free to go or do as one pleases
"Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city"
is similar to
not attending school and therefore free to work
"opportunities for out-of-school youth"
is similar to
free from constraint
"he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society"; "the dog was unconstrained"; "idle, unconstrained gossip"
is similar to
not held in check or subject to control
"unhampered dissemination of news"; "this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism"
see also
free from external control and constraint
"an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
is an attribute of
the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
"free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
antonym
domain category
the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
domain category
the science of matter and energy and their interactions
"his favorite subject was physics"
costing nothing
"complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
not occupied or in use
"a free locker"; "a free lane"
is similar to
not held or filled or in use
"an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours"
not fixed in position
"the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
not held in servitude
"after the Civil War he was a free man"
antonym
see also
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
"free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
not taken up by scheduled activities
"a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
completely wanting or lacking
"writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
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