FREE LOVE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

free love

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Definition of free love

as in criminal conversation

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Recent Examples of free love One major influence in the vibe shift was the free love movement, represented here by characters from some of the most memorable romances ever made—among them Breathless, West Side Story, and Annie Hall. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025 The ’60s and ’70s had free love and psychedelics. — Mj Franklin, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes. — Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025 From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes. — Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free love

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Brenay Kennard, a lifestyle content creator with nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, is at the center of a civil lawsuit that has made national headlines, in which she is accused of criminal conversation and alienation of affection.

— Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Howard sued his wife’s lover for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, according to court records.

— Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019

Definition of criminal conversation

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Verrill’s former partner, the entertainment lawyer Bob Geary, shares emotional testimony about their relationship — one fraught with promiscuity and Verrill’s taste for the BDSM leather life — but also a reflection on his lover’s killing.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 June 2026
Her new friends include Sam (Bianca Dumais), a rock-chick type who’s the same age as Franny and who has developed a reputation for promiscuity around town that doesn’t seem deserved.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026

Definition of promiscuity

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Balenciaga took to the gym for pre-fall; a perfect backdrop to capture our ongoing love affair with technical outerwear.

— Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 10 July 2026
The lithe Pettet then sparkled as Mata Bond, the product of a love affair between Niven’s 007 and the spy Mata Hari, in the Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026

Definition of love affair

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For me, the closest cinema has come capturing that randomness and unfairness is Jane Campion’s beautiful and meditative Bright Star, which tells the love story of Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne and of Keats’ death at 25 of tuberculosis.

— Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Local love for Lorem Ipsum Hazelton was flooded with kind words and well wishes after sharing news of Lorem Ipsum’s closure.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2026

Definition of love

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The New York City Department of Investigation is the city’s independent watchdog agency, which investigates fraud, corruption, misconduct, municipal malfeasance, city employees, contractors, and individuals who do business with the city.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
During this weekend in Nantucket, Brooke decides to leave her husband, Charlie, amid his workplace misconduct allegations.

— Max Gao, Variety, 11 July 2026

Definition of misconduct

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And still, some people insist that admitting the flaws in our history — and our present — constitutes an act of innate disloyalty.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Treating rumors as diagnostic signals of uncertainty or weak trust, rather than disloyalty, helps leaders improve communication and align words with observable actions.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of disloyalty

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Platner, indeed, has boiled down nearly all political problems to the perfidy of sinister oligarchs.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026

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