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free
Synonyms and Antonyms of free
- The 20th century saw many African countries become free after many years of European rule.
- After our son arrived home safely, we were grateful to be free from worry.
- All of the animals in the game preserve are free to roam all over its vast area.
at large, at liberty
- Although the museum normally charges admission, on Wednesdays it is free to all.
on the house
- Make sure the pass is free before you attempt the trip through the mountains this winter.
impassable (also impassible)
constricted, cramped, encumbered, hampered, hindered, impeded, interfered (with), trammeled (or trammelled)
- The lottery winner was very free with his money.
- This table is free if you want to use it.
at rest, on the shelf, out of commission
- She's a little too free with information about her personal life.
arrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic (also egoistical), egomaniacal, egotistic (or egotistical), highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, hoity-toity, important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, pretentious, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious, superior
audacious, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, overbold, pert, sassy, saucy
demure, down-to-earth, humble, lowly, meek, unassertive, unpretentious
- An arrangement of free columns adds interest to the Greco-Roman sculpture garden.
Synonym Discussion of free
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- you're free to do as you like
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- the colony's struggle to become independent
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- separate and sovereign armed services
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- in this denomination each congregation is regarded as autonomous
free
Synonyms and Antonyms of free
- A global crusade to free Nelson Mandela from a South African prison had emerged.
discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
turn loose
- We'll free the river by breaking up the ice jam.
- Would you mind freeing up the work area so I can work?
- A phone call would free your parents from worry.
- This plan should free us from debt.
cut loose
Synonym Discussion of free
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- freed the animals from their cages
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- released his anger on a punching bag
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- liberated their country from the tyrant
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- labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery
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- the document manumitted the slaves
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