free world

noun

variants often Free World

: the part of the world where democracy and capitalism or moderate socialism rather than totalitarian or Communist political and economic systems prevail

Examples of free world in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An economic zone for the free world can turn the tide against China, but only if the United States ties itself to the mast. — Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026

Roll them together in one moment, and the leader of the free world can’t help but freak out. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

You guys aren’t the people who are necessarily trying to become the next leaders of the free world. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026

Immediately upon being elected for the second time, his aides began soliciting checks at dinners where companies and donors angling for influence could buy face time with the leader of the free world, sometimes for a million dollars a head. — Marisela Cruz Jillian Anthony Marisela Cruz, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free world

• lifeworld
• unfurled
• curled
• furled
• hurled
• knurled
• swirled
• twirled
• whirled
• whorled
• netherworld
• otherworld