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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 freeAntonyms:
accuse, bind, charge, compel, condemn, convict, impeach, inculpate, obligate, obligePreposition:
One is absolved from (rarely of) a promise, a sin, etc.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
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, bounteousAntonyms:
subservient, bound, shackled, restricted, clogged, occupied, obstructed, impeded, compulsory, unlawful, biased, subject, liable, amenable, conditional, qualified, niggardly, stingy
Princeton's WordNet
free, free peopleadjective
people who are free
"the home of the free and the brave"
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free peopleAntonyms:
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 upfreeadjective
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"
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loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoidAntonyms:
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, blockfreeadjective
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
"free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
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loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoidAntonyms:
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, obstructcomplimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitousadjective
costing nothing
"complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
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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, detainfreeadjective
not occupied or in use
"a free locker"; "a free lane"
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loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoidAntonyms:
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, jamdetached, freeadjective
not fixed in position
"the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
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degage, uninvolved, detached, separated, isolated, uncaring, gratis(p), costless, set-apart, devoid, destitute, loose, gratuitous, liberal, spare, innocent, complimentary, barren, unaffectionateAntonyms:
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, detainfreeadjective
not held in servitude
"after the Civil War he was a free man"
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loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoidAntonyms:
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, occludespare, freeadjective
not taken up by scheduled activities
"a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
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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, liberalAntonyms:
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, obstructbarren, destitute, devoid, free, innocentadjective
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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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, necessitousAntonyms:
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, jamfree, loose, liberalverb
not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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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, looseAntonyms:
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, confinefree, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, looseverb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
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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, looseAntonyms:
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, occluderid, free, disembarrassverb
relieve from
"Rid the house of pests"
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justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, dislodgeAntonyms:
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, jamdislodge, freeverb
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"
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exempt, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, liberate, discharge, release, reposition, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, shift, relinquish, bump, disengage, rid, absolve, dislodgeAntonyms:
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, jamexempt, relieve, freeverb
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
"She exempted me from the exam"
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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, looseAntonyms:
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, detainfree, releaseverb
make (information) available for publication
"release the list with the names of the prisoners"
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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, dislodgeAntonyms:
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, jamfree, dischargeverb
free from obligations or duties
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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, looseAntonyms:
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, obturatefree, disengageverb
free or remove obstruction from
"free a path across the cluttered floor"
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justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, withdraw, unfreeze, liberate, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, dislodgeAntonyms:
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, occludeabsolve, justify, freeverb
let off the hook
"I absolve you from this responsibility"
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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, absolveAntonyms:
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, blockrelease, relinquish, resign, free, give upverb
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
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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, looseAntonyms:
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, impederelease, free, liberateverb
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
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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, dislodgeAntonyms:
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, detainunblock, unfreeze, free, releaseadverb
make (assets) available
"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
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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, looseAntonyms:
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, occludeloose, freeadverb
without restraint
"cows in India are running loose"
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looseAntonyms:
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
Editors Contribution
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
freeadjective
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independent, unrestrained, at libertyfreeadjective
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released, delivered, emancipated, liberatedfreeadjective
freeadjective
freeadjective
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unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted, openfreeadjective
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frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, sincere, unreserved, frank-heartedfreeadjective
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generous, liberal, bountiful, charitable, munificent, free-hearted, open-handed, not parsimoniousfreeadjective
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prodigal, lavish, immoderatefreeadjective
freeadjective
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10. gratuitous, spontaneous, willingfreeverb
Synonyms:
liberate, emancipate, manumit, release, disinthral, enfranchise, deliver, set free, set at libertyfreeverb
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
freeadjective
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, willingAntonyms:
subject, reserved, formal, coercive, arbitrary, restrained, boundfreeverb
Synonyms:
liberate, manumit, disinthrall, deliver, emancipate, release, enfranchise, disengage, exonerate, acquit, extricate, disentangle
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Free":
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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
Free
Synonyms:
The Free, The Royal Free Hospital
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How to use free in a sentence?
Everyone should free their mind and soul. Some are ready to free them now, and some will be ready to free them in the future. Some will never be ready and that is what makes their lives not worth living.
Free will: Either God partially controls our free wills, or God entirely controls our free wills, but I guarantee you that we don't always have control of our free wills.
Democrats want to treat border detention facilities like an Oprah Winfrey show, you get free education, you get a free plane ticket. You get free medical care. You get free, free, free. It really has to stop and my bill is the first step in this process.
I'm a free trader -- I believe in free trade, right? I like free trade. I like free trade, but free trade's only good if you have smart representatives.
I pray every day for Free Brittney ' because I know Free Brittney ', I know Free Brittney ' heart, and guess what ? Brittney's gon na handle this situation because as women we're gon na find a way, we're gon na compartmentalize. No matter what Free Brittney ''s going through, there's a place in Free Brittney ' heart and Free Brittney ' mind that will push Free Brittney ' over the top to handle whatever Free Brittney ' needs to handle. ... I think it's for all of us to do what we need to do to get Free Brittney ' out of it - get all Americans out of Russia, with the quickness.
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