Free definition

Free as a verb

1. grant freedom to; free from confinement

   Same sense: release, loose, liberate, unloose, unloosen

2. relieve from

   Same sense: rid, disembarrass

3. remove or force out from a position

   "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

   Same sense: dislodge

4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

   Same sense: exempt, relieve

5. make (information) available for publication

   Same sense: release

6. free from obligations or duties

   Same sense: discharge

7. free or remove obstruction from

   "free a path across the cluttered floor"

   Same sense: disengage

8. let off the hook

   Same sense: absolve

9. part with a possession or right

   Same sense: give up, release, resign, relinquish

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

    Same sense: release, liberate

11. make (assets) available

    Same sense: release, unblock, unfreeze

Free as an adjective

12. not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

    "free enterprise"

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

    "free expansion"

14. costing nothing

    "free admission"

    Same sense: complimentary, gratis, gratuitous, costless

15. not occupied or in use

    "a free locker"

16. not fixed in position

    "he pulled his arm free and ran"

    Same sense: detached

17. not held in servitude

    "after the Civil War he was a free man"

18. not taken up by scheduled activities

    "a free hour between classes"

    Same sense: spare

19. completely wanting or lacking

    Same sense: innocent, devoid, barren, destitute

20. not literal

    "a free translation of the poem"

    Same sense: liberal, loose

Free as a noun

21. people who are free

    "the home of the free and the brave"

    Same sense: free people

Free as an adverb

22. without restraint

    Same sense: loose

Synonyms and antonyms

• release definition
• loose
• liberate
• unloose
• unloosen
• rid
• disembarrass
• dislodge
• exempt
• relieve
• discharge
• disengage
• absolve
• give up
• resign
• relinquish
• unblock
• unfreeze
• complimentary
• gratis
• gratuitous
• costless
• detached
• spare

Opposites: confine, obstruct, unfree, bound.

All synonyms of free, sense by sense

How to say free

Free has 1 syllable and rhymes with be. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with free

• be
• he
• we
• me
• she
• see
• three
• company
• probably
• de
• key
• sea

FREE in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

2

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