Definition of 'free'
Noun
- people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
Synonyms: free people
Verb
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
Synonyms: liberate release unloose unloosen loose
Antonyms: confine detain - relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
Synonyms: rid disembarrass - 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: dislodge
Antonyms: lodge wedge stick deposit - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
Synonyms: exempt relieve
Antonyms: enforce implement apply - make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
Synonyms: release - free from obligations or duties
Synonyms: discharge - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
Synonyms: disengage
Antonyms: obstruct obturate impede occlude jam block close up - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
Synonyms: absolve justify
Antonyms: blame fault - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
Synonyms: release relinquish resign give up - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
Synonyms: unblock unfreeze release
Antonyms: freeze block immobilize immobilise freeze block immobilize immobilise
Adjective
- 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"
Antonyms: unfree - unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
Antonyms: bound - costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
Synonyms: complimentary costless gratis gratuitous - not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
- not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
Synonyms: detached - not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
Antonyms: slave - not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
Synonyms: spare - not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
Synonyms: loose liberal
Adverb
- without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
Synonyms: loose
