freelance

nouns

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person

verbs

work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
freelance
is derived from
free lance
is derived from
free-lance
is derived from
freelancer
is a type of (narrower)
be employed
"Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
do work, work

adjectives

working for yourself
free-lance, freelance, self-employed
antonym
salaried
serving for wages in a foreign army
"mercenary killers"
free-lance, freelance, mercenary