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

Thus, the decision to charge access is akin to the president’s family profiting off his position as leader of the free world. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

My way or the highway The pricing structure for PlayStation games in a disc-free world won’t necessarily mirror the current pricing on the PlayStation Store. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026

Shared intelligence has neutralized threats to us and the entire free world. — Naftali Bennett, Time, 9 July 2026

The message from the leader of the free world is not love thy neighbor, especially if the people next door are a gay family, an immigrant family, a Black family, a family with a trans child. — Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 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