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free-for-all

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of free-for-all

freely available for use or participation by all

  • the public library has a free-for-all lending policy
Synonyms of free-for-all

open, public, unrestricted
Words Related to free-for-all

collective, common, communal, shared

accessible, available, free

unregulated, unreserved
Near Antonyms of free-for-all

limited

inaccessible, unavailable
Antonyms of free-for-all

closed, exclusive, off-limits, private, restricted

free-for-all

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of free-for-all

1 a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people

  • during the play-offs, fans of the opposing teams clashed in the streets in several free-for-alls
Synonyms of free-for-all

affray [chiefly British], brawl, broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, melee (also mêlée), rough-and-tumble, row, ruckus, ruction
Words Related to free-for-all

battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle

horseplay, roughhousing

altercation, argument, dispute, kickup, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle

2 a state in which everything is out of order

  • it was a free-for-all when the doors to the arena opened and the crowd rushed in all at once
Synonyms of free-for-all

chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Words Related to free-for-all

anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot

knot, snarl, tangle

labyrinth, maze, web

maelstrom, storm

bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle

hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
Near Antonyms of free-for-all

method, pattern, plan, system
Antonyms of free-for-all

order, orderliness

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