Synonyms for free
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1. free, free people(adj)

   people who are free

   "the home of the free and the brave"

   Synonyms:
   free people

   Antonyms:
   at bay(p), servile(a), adscripted, conjugated, conjugate, nonsovereign, adscript, existing, paid, bound, serflike, occupied, cornered, trapped, prisonlike, slaveholding, confined, imprisoned, jailed, nonautonomous, existent, apprenticed, articled, treed, exact, unfree, fixed, entangled, indentured, captive, impede, jam, obstruct, detain, obturate, occlude, block, confine, close up

2. free(adj)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid

   Antonyms:
   exact, trapped, occupied, entangled, articled, servile(a), slaveholding, cornered, indentured, paid, imprisoned, existing, conjugate, conjugated, bound, confined, captive, adscripted, unfree, nonsovereign, prisonlike, adscript, at bay(p), existent, jailed, nonautonomous, serflike, fixed, apprenticed, treed, close up, impede, jam, confine, obturate, obstruct, occlude, detain, block

3. free(adj)

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

   "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"

   Synonyms:
   loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid

   Antonyms:
   trapped, jailed, imprisoned, treed, adscript, existing, at bay(p), indentured, servile(a), occupied, conjugate, entangled, prisonlike, serflike, adscripted, unfree, exact, bound, articled, confined, existent, apprenticed, conjugated, nonautonomous, cornered, slaveholding, captive, nonsovereign, paid, fixed, obturate, detain, occlude, confine, block, impede, close up, jam, obstruct

4. complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous(adj)

   costing nothing

   "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"

   Antonyms:
   indentured, unfree, exact, occupied, trapped, adscript, captive, cornered, adscripted, imprisoned, conjugate, jailed, existent, conjugated, serflike, articled, confined, entangled, fixed, at bay(p), slaveholding, treed, apprenticed, nonsovereign, bound, prisonlike, servile(a), paid, existing, nonautonomous, occlude, obturate, jam, obstruct, confine, close up, block, impede, detain

5. free(adj)

   not occupied or in use

   "a free locker"; "a free lane"

   Synonyms:
   loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid

   Antonyms:
   conjugated, existing, adscripted, occupied, confined, treed, existent, nonsovereign, nonautonomous, unfree, serflike, exact, prisonlike, imprisoned, paid, adscript, at bay(p), servile(a), captive, bound, entangled, articled, jailed, trapped, apprenticed, indentured, conjugate, slaveholding, cornered, fixed, occlude, block, impede, obstruct, confine, detain, obturate, close up, jam

6. detached, free(adj)

   not fixed in position

   "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"

   Synonyms:
   degage, uninvolved, detached, separated, isolated, uncaring, gratis(p), costless, set-apart, devoid, destitute, loose, gratuitous, liberal, spare, innocent, complimentary, barren, unaffectionate

   Antonyms:
   apprenticed, existing, conjugate, at bay(p), indentured, bound, confined, trapped, exact, fixed, treed, servile(a), unfree, jailed, prisonlike, adscripted, entangled, slaveholding, nonsovereign, captive, cornered, occupied, imprisoned, articled, conjugated, serflike, existent, adscript, paid, nonautonomous, obstruct, jam, occlude, confine, block, impede, close up, obturate, detain

7. free(adj)

   not held in servitude

   "after the Civil War he was a free man"

   Synonyms:
   loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid

   Antonyms:
   slaveholding, captive, adscript, trapped, entangled, jailed, exact, nonautonomous, occupied, bound, conjugated, conjugate, cornered, paid, at bay(p), imprisoned, serflike, fixed, servile(a), existent, unfree, treed, prisonlike, indentured, articled, apprenticed, adscripted, nonsovereign, existing, confined, impede, obturate, jam, confine, close up, block, obstruct, detain, occlude

8. spare, free(adj)

   not taken up by scheduled activities

   "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"

   Synonyms:
   unembellished, gratis(p), surplus, supererogatory, detached, costless, scanty, complimentary, loose, unornamented, extra, devoid, plain, redundant, supernumerary, superfluous, destitute, barren, excess, spare, gratuitous, innocent, trim, bare(a), bare, liberal

   Antonyms:
   unfree, prisonlike, nonautonomous, adscripted, trapped, confined, bound, indentured, conjugated, occupied, paid, cornered, adscript, articled, conjugate, nonsovereign, existing, captive, treed, apprenticed, existent, fixed, at bay(p), servile(a), jailed, slaveholding, exact, serflike, entangled, imprisoned, detain, close up, obturate, jam, occlude, block, confine, impede, obstruct

9. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent(adj)

   completely wanting or lacking

   "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"

   Synonyms:
   guiltless, gratis(p), ingenuous, innocuous, indigent, needy, impeccant, complimentary, destitute, loose, costless, liberal, stark, unacquainted(p), desolate, barren, gratuitous, clean-handed, impoverished, detached, spare, innocent(p), innocent, poverty-stricken, sinless, devoid, bleak, bare, necessitous

   Antonyms:
   at bay(p), captive, trapped, conjugated, existing, occupied, slaveholding, indentured, bound, conjugate, imprisoned, apprenticed, articled, unfree, exact, prisonlike, adscripted, serflike, cornered, servile(a), nonsovereign, treed, nonautonomous, adscript, entangled, paid, jailed, confined, existent, fixed, detain, confine, obstruct, close up, block, occlude, impede, obturate, jam

10. free, loose, liberal(verb)

    not literal

    "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"

    Synonyms:
    spare, bountiful, sluttish, wanton, devoid, liberal, big, at large(p), idle, costless, large-minded, bounteous, easy, promiscuous, tolerant, detached, informal, complimentary, unaffixed, handsome, open, gratis(p), bighearted, slack, innocent, on the loose(p), destitute, freehanded, gratuitous, barren, broad, openhanded, giving, light, escaped, lax, loose

    Antonyms:
    occupied, jailed, imprisoned, conjugated, trapped, entangled, nonautonomous, cornered, existing, existent, apprenticed, captive, paid, indentured, fixed, adscript, exact, conjugate, bound, treed, prisonlike, servile(a), confined, nonsovereign, serflike, at bay(p), unfree, slaveholding, adscripted, articled, obturate, detain, jam, obstruct, close up, impede, block, occlude, confine

11. free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose(verb)

    grant freedom to; free from confinement

    Synonyms:
    turn, unfreeze, unloose, expel, exhaust, let loose, release, resign, emancipate, unblock, liberate, loosen, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, relinquish, justify, absolve, unleash, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, bring out, discharge, issue, relax, disengage, eject, set free, loose

    Antonyms:
    servile(a), bound, paid, existing, unfree, fixed, apprenticed, existent, exact, conjugate, imprisoned, serflike, articled, nonsovereign, entangled, adscript, slaveholding, confined, adscripted, jailed, occupied, prisonlike, conjugated, at bay(p), cornered, captive, treed, trapped, nonautonomous, indentured, jam, block, close up, obturate, detain, confine, obstruct, impede, occlude

12. rid, free, disembarrass(verb)

    relieve from

    "Rid the house of pests"

    Synonyms:
    justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, dislodge

    Antonyms:
    conjugate, unfree, confined, exact, bound, jailed, slaveholding, nonautonomous, conjugated, fixed, occupied, existing, apprenticed, adscript, servile(a), captive, paid, trapped, treed, at bay(p), adscripted, articled, cornered, entangled, nonsovereign, imprisoned, prisonlike, serflike, existent, indentured, obturate, block, obstruct, impede, close up, detain, occlude, confine, jam

13. dislodge, free(verb)

    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"

    Synonyms:
    exempt, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, liberate, discharge, release, reposition, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, shift, relinquish, bump, disengage, rid, absolve, dislodge

    Antonyms:
    servile(a), unfree, imprisoned, apprenticed, exact, occupied, nonsovereign, conjugate, treed, nonautonomous, conjugated, indentured, serflike, confined, slaveholding, paid, articled, adscript, at bay(p), existent, entangled, cornered, jailed, fixed, captive, bound, prisonlike, trapped, adscripted, existing, obstruct, close up, impede, confine, detain, block, obturate, occlude, jam

14. exempt, relieve, free(verb)

    grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

    "She exempted me from the exam"

    Synonyms:
    unloosen, unfreeze, unloose, ease, salvage, release, resign, save, unblock, disembarrass, rid, liberate, still, unbosom, take over, salve, allay, exempt, give up, justify, let off, absolve, palliate, excuse, relieve, assuage, relinquish, remedy, alleviate, dislodge, discharge, disengage, lighten, loose

    Antonyms:
    adscript, conjugated, servile(a), fixed, conjugate, jailed, unfree, confined, occupied, at bay(p), paid, adscripted, articled, cornered, slaveholding, bound, captive, existent, imprisoned, trapped, serflike, prisonlike, nonautonomous, exact, indentured, apprenticed, nonsovereign, existing, treed, entangled, block, jam, confine, obstruct, close up, occlude, impede, obturate, detain

15. free, release(verb)

    make (information) available for publication

    "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

    Synonyms:
    turn, justify, exhaust, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, issue, liberate, let go, bring out, discharge, release, secrete, put out, give up, loose, disembarrass, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, disengage, rid, exempt, expel, absolve, eject, dislodge

    Antonyms:
    adscript, conjugated, unfree, serflike, adscripted, apprenticed, bound, occupied, cornered, existent, entangled, indentured, captive, servile(a), trapped, conjugate, treed, imprisoned, confined, nonsovereign, jailed, at bay(p), existing, prisonlike, paid, articled, exact, fixed, slaveholding, nonautonomous, obturate, obstruct, confine, detain, block, occlude, impede, close up, jam

16. free, discharge(verb)

    free from obligations or duties

    Synonyms:
    unload, exhaust, unfreeze, unloose, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, assoil, release, drop off, resign, empty, unblock, liberate, relieve, fire, disembarrass, unloosen, put down, exempt, give up, relinquish, exculpate, justify, absolve, set down, clear, rid, acquit, dislodge, drop, discharge, exonerate, disengage, eject, muster out, loose

    Antonyms:
    servile(a), nonsovereign, conjugated, adscript, apprenticed, existent, captive, bound, adscripted, indentured, exact, occupied, trapped, nonautonomous, articled, slaveholding, at bay(p), conjugate, cornered, fixed, prisonlike, entangled, serflike, jailed, existing, imprisoned, unfree, paid, treed, confined, close up, confine, block, occlude, jam, detain, obstruct, impede, obturate

17. free, disengage(verb)

    free or remove obstruction from

    "free a path across the cluttered floor"

    Synonyms:
    justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, withdraw, unfreeze, liberate, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, dislodge

    Antonyms:
    conjugate, adscript, trapped, imprisoned, unfree, fixed, at bay(p), conjugated, exact, paid, confined, apprenticed, bound, cornered, jailed, articled, existing, occupied, prisonlike, indentured, nonsovereign, captive, nonautonomous, existent, slaveholding, serflike, entangled, adscripted, servile(a), treed, confine, close up, jam, detain, obstruct, block, impede, obturate, occlude

18. absolve, justify, free(verb)

    let off the hook

    "I absolve you from this responsibility"

    Synonyms:
    justify, unloose, relieve, apologise, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, rationalize, excuse, vindicate, warrant, discharge, release, give up, apologize, rationalise, loose, disembarrass, resign, dislodge, shrive, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve

    Antonyms:
    articled, unfree, conjugate, paid, treed, adscripted, imprisoned, nonsovereign, apprenticed, conjugated, entangled, bound, fixed, occupied, exact, confined, servile(a), at bay(p), trapped, serflike, existent, prisonlike, nonautonomous, captive, cornered, jailed, adscript, existing, indentured, slaveholding, jam, close up, impede, obturate, detain, confine, obstruct, occlude, block

19. release, relinquish, resign, free, give up(verb)

    part with a possession or right

    "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

    Synonyms:
    unloosen, unfreeze, allow, unloose, abandon, drop by the wayside, expel, vacate, cede, release, resign, forgo, stop, drop out, unblock, rid, kick, exhaust, liberate, publish, surrender, disembarrass, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, put out, reconcile, let go of, dispense with, exempt, give up, throw overboard, forfeit, justify, absolve, leave office, spare, relieve, secrete, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, let go, renounce, dislodge, bring out, discontinue, discharge, issue, step down, chuck up the sponge, submit, disengage, turn, eject, part with, throw in, forego, quit, foreswear, loose

    Antonyms:
    articled, adscripted, nonsovereign, serflike, captive, bound, adscript, imprisoned, slaveholding, treed, conjugated, occupied, nonautonomous, trapped, indentured, confined, existent, unfree, fixed, exact, at bay(p), entangled, prisonlike, cornered, apprenticed, conjugate, existing, jailed, paid, servile(a), jam, block, close up, obstruct, obturate, occlude, confine, detain, impede

20. release, free, liberate(verb)

    release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

    Synonyms:
    turn, exempt, exhaust, absolve, unloose, relieve, emancipate, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, liberate, disembarrass, disengage, bring out, discharge, release, secrete, set free, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, expel, rid, issue, eject, dislodge

    Antonyms:
    treed, cornered, bound, apprenticed, serflike, conjugate, captive, prisonlike, indentured, imprisoned, unfree, adscripted, exact, trapped, conjugated, slaveholding, paid, at bay(p), occupied, fixed, confined, existent, servile(a), existing, nonautonomous, nonsovereign, adscript, entangled, articled, jailed, impede, confine, jam, obturate, block, occlude, close up, obstruct, detain

21. unblock, unfreeze, free, release(adverb)

    make (assets) available

    "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

    Synonyms:
    exhaust, unfreeze, unloose, bring out, melt, release, resign, unblock, dethaw, liberate, expel, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, dissolve, relinquish, thaw, justify, absolve, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, eject, discharge, unthaw, disengage, turn, issue, loose

    Antonyms:
    indentured, existing, confined, nonsovereign, existent, fixed, cornered, treed, jailed, nonautonomous, servile(a), imprisoned, trapped, conjugated, occupied, articled, adscripted, captive, exact, prisonlike, serflike, unfree, bound, entangled, paid, at bay(p), slaveholding, adscript, apprenticed, conjugate, confine, detain, obturate, close up, impede, block, obstruct, jam, occlude

22. loose, free(adverb)

    without restraint

    "cows in India are running loose"

    Synonyms:
    loose

    Antonyms:
    conjugated, conjugate, treed, occupied, trapped, indentured, serflike, jailed, confined, servile(a), existing, slaveholding, existent, nonsovereign, apprenticed, unfree, articled, cornered, bound, adscripted, paid, imprisoned, at bay(p), captive, prisonlike, entangled, nonautonomous, adscript, fixed, exact, jam, confine, obstruct, occlude, obturate, close up, detain, block, impede

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1. free

   To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond. One may be absolved from a promise by a breach of faith on the part of one to whom the promise was made. To absolve from sins is formally to remit their condemnation and penalty, regarded as a bond upon the soul. "Almighty God ... pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel." Book of Common Prayer, Declar. of Absol. To acquit of sin or crime is to free from the accusation of it, pronouncing one guiltless; the innocent are rightfully acquitted; the guilty may be mercifully absolved. Compare PARDON.

   Synonyms:
   absolve, acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, forgive, liberate, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Antonyms:
   accuse, bind, charge, compel, condemn, convict, impeach, inculpate, obligate, oblige

   Preposition:
   One is absolved from (rarely of) a promise, a sin, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. free

   Synonyms:
   detached, playing, operating, open, unoccupied, unobstructed, unimpeded, permitted, unhindered, exempt, gratuitous, unconditional, at liberty, clear, liberal, untrammelled, uncounted, careless, loose, easy, munificent, unreserved, frank, bountiful, generous, bounteous

   Antonyms:
   subservient, bound, shackled, restricted, clogged, occupied, obstructed, impeded, compulsory, unlawful, biased, subject, liable, amenable, conditional, qualified, niggardly, stingy

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1. unimprison

   to give one freedom. to put one outside of a prison.

   the police unimprisoned the man.

   Submitted by acronimous on December 12, 2017  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   independent, unrestrained, at liberty

2. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   released, delivered, emancipated, liberated

3. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   exempt, clear

4. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   allowed, permitted, open

5. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted, open

6. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, sincere, unreserved, frank-hearted

7. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   generous, liberal, bountiful, charitable, munificent, free-hearted, open-handed, not parsimonious

8. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   prodigal, lavish, immoderate

9. free(a.)

   Synonyms:
   ready, eager, prompt, willing

10. free(a.)

    Synonyms:
    10. gratuitous, spontaneous, willing

11. free(v. a.)

    Synonyms:
    liberate, emancipate, manumit, release, disinthral, enfranchise, deliver, set free, set at liberty

12. free(v. a.)

    Synonyms:
    rid, clear, disengage

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1. free(a)

   Synonyms:
   exempt, immune, independent, unrestrained, liberated, freed, released, emancipated, delivered, unconstrained, unreserved, informal, familiar, frank, ingenuous, communicative, artless, candid, gratuitous, spontaneous, voluntary, optional, liberal, open-handed, generous, bountiful, lavish, flush, munificent, hospitable, unrestrained, immoderate, prodigal, dissolute, lax, ready, eager, prompt, willing

   Antonyms:
   subject, reserved, formal, coercive, arbitrary, restrained, bound

2. free(v)

   Synonyms:
   liberate, manumit, disinthrall, deliver, emancipate, release, enfranchise, disengage, exonerate, acquit, extricate, disentangle

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "free":

   freedom, freely, book, libre, free-of-charge, liberty, liber, gratuitous, al-hurra, freedoms, open, gratuit, release, unrestricted, freien, freie, cost-free, gratuite, exempt, liberal, books, liberate, gratis, livre, free-living, pound, frei, complimentary, without, unhindered, devoid, no-charge, vrije, unimpeded, wanton, spare, toll-free, pro-bono, unfettered, vacant, hurra, al-ahrar, franca, duty-free

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1. List of known nicknames for "Free":

   Free of 106 and park, Free from 106 & park, Antoinette Marie Wright

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. Free

   Synonyms:
   The Free, The Royal Free Hospital

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How to use free in a sentence?

1. Adlai Ewing Stevenson:

   A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

2. James Buchanan:

   Public virtue is the vital spirit of republics, and history proves that when this has decayed and the love of money has usurped its place, although the forms of free government may remain for a season, the substance has departed forever.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   The United States is helping to recover a brighter future for Venezuela. We're here to urge all nations to support the democratic aspirations of the Venezuelan people as they try to free themselves from former President Maduro's illegitimate mafia state.

4. Fannie Lou Hamer:

   Now, we've got to make some changes in this country, the changes we have to have in this country are going to be for the liberation of all people—because nobody's free until everybody's free.

5. Joseph de Maistre:

   Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

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