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

But there’s something very useful about laying plain how easy this test should be for the leader of the free world, and how anyone who boasts about crushing it has, in many aspects, failed it in a brand-new way. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026

But time will also judge the United States of America, until recently the respected leader of the free world. —Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026

So, what makes South Park, which has enjoyed record-breaking viewership across its last two back-to-back seasons, so untouchable in the vengeful eyes of the leader of the free world? —Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Nov. 2025

The Atomic Energy Commission’s Up and Atom Pavilion, patterned after the commission’s logo, was the free world’s first and only atomic-powered thrill ride. —Bruce McCall, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

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