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

That’s not the company a quarterback who got the biggest free agent deal of the offseason should be keeping. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Also gone are wingers Andrei Kuzmenko and Jeff Malott, who left as free agents, and center Trevor Lewis, who retired. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Pete Alonso topped the AL with 43 after leaving the New York Mets as a free agent to sign with the Orioles. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Following this season, Happ — who’s spent his entire career with the Cubs — will be a free agent. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free agent

• newsagent
• reagent
• subagent