free
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- free enterprise
- a free port
- a free country
Similar word(s): unbound, unconfined, independent, escaped, loose, autonomous, independent, sovereign, available, uncommitted, atrip, aweigh, clear, emancipated, liberated, footloose, unconfined, unimprisoned, unconstrained, unhampered, unrestricted, free, unrestrained, unrestricted
2. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
- free expansion
- free oxygen
- a free electron
Similar word(s): liberated, unbound
3. costing nothing
- free admission
Similar word(s): unpaid, complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous
4. not occupied or in use
- a free locker
- a free lane
Similar word(s): unoccupied
5. not fixed in position
- he pulled his arm free and ran
Similar word(s): unfixed, detached
6. not held in servitude
- after the Civil War he was a free man
Similar word(s): free, freeborn, slaveless
7. not taken up by scheduled activities
- a free hour between classes
Similar word(s): unoccupied, spare
8. completely lacking.
Similar word(s): nonexistent, barren, destitute, devoid, innocent
9. not literal
- a free translation of the poem
Similar word(s): inexact, liberal, loose
Sentences with free as an adjective:
- He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.
- a free man
- He's very free with his money.
- free time
- a free school
- This is a free country.
- OpenOffice is free software.
- The government provides free health care.
- Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!
- the free group on three generators
- is the free variable in .
- the drain was free
- a free radical
- You can sit on this chair; it's free.
- In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
- We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains.
- a free horse
adverb
1. without restraint
Similar word(s): loose
Sentences with free as an adverb:
- I got this bike free.
verb
1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
Similar word(s): liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen
Definition categories: social
2. relieve from
Similar word(s): disembarrass, rid
Definition categories: possession
3. remove or force out from a position
- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
Similar word(s): dislodge
Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw
4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Similar word(s): exempt, relieve
Definition categories: social
5. make (information) available for publication
Similar word(s): release
Definition categories: social, issue, supply
6. free from obligations or duties
Similar word(s): discharge
Definition categories: social
7. free or remove obstruction from
- free a path across the cluttered floor
Similar word(s): disengage
Definition categories: contact
8. let off the hook
Similar word(s): absolve
Definition categories: communication, forgive
9. part with a possession or right
Similar word(s): release, relinquish, resign
Definition categories: possession, give, hand, pass, reach
10. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
Similar word(s): liberate, release
Definition categories: creation, generate
11. make (assets) available