free agent

noun

: a professional athlete (such as a baseball player) who is free to negotiate a contract with any team

free agency noun

Examples of free agent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Piece by piece, his group traded for Anthony Rizzo, Jake Arrieta and Kyle Hendricks; drafted Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber; signed free agents Jon Lester, Ben Zobrist and Dexter Fowler; and hired Joe Maddon, the perfect manager for that moment. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Eight years later, Agbaji is a free agent looking for a new team. — Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Tampa Bay will never transform the roster by signing a free agent along the lines of Gerrit Cole or Shohei Ohtani or Bryce Harper. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026

In this Wild West of college athletics, when every player is an unrestricted free agent every year, some schools have navigated the transfer terrain better than others. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free agent

• newsagent
• reagent
• subagent