FREE-SPIRITED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

free-spirited

adjective

as in nontraditional

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Recent Examples of free-spirited When Danny is assigned to create a holiday scrapbook for his mom, Michaela reluctantly accepts help from his free-spirited substitute teacher, Bryan (Morgan), whose creativity clashes with her need for preciseness and control. — Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026 Saint James portrayed Kate, the more free-spirited of the two, with Curtin as the higher-strung conservative Allie. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 Alston said people are drawn to his home and Halloween because of the free-spirited nature of the holiday. — Dick Brennan, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 And for the more free-spirited folks, a bouncy, curly disco shag will rule any dance floor—even if the dance floor is in your living room. — Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Oct. 2026 The film stars Masami Nagasawa as a free-spirited children’s author who invites her doting husband and secret girlfriend to enter into a three-way relationship of convenience, when both partners simultaneously express their desire to start a family. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Jo, raised by her grandmother, is hyperactive, wild, free-spirited, and a talented artist but often acts out in school. — Parents, 25 Sep. 2026 Hoffs grew up in the quintessentially 1970s free-spirited SoCal environment. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 His charming, vivacious ways created a safe space to be their free-spirited selves. — Pj Green september 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-spirited

Adjective

Many of the requests are believed to be from nontraditional media sources looking to post footage for entertainment purposes.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
According to the Navy, this approach can help nontraditional defense companies move technologies from research and development toward procurement.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of nontraditional

Adjective

None of it feels remotely tied to the zeitgeist, instead showing an artist galvanized by their own out-there proclivities and exhilarated by the limitations of whatever ramshackle gear might be lying around a home studio.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
For music this uncompromising and out-there, the process is just as, if not more, important as the result.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of out-there

Adjective

Robinson leads me to one of his favorite vantage points of the symmetrical home, designed by iconoclastic architect Bruce Goff and completed in 1950.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Trump’s views on China are iconoclastic in Washington, and even at odds with other members of his own administration and party.

— Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of iconoclastic

Adjective

This dogmatic approach to revolutionary citizenship led to the horrible treatment of any perceived as nonconformist, such as LGBTQ people, hippies or punks.

— Juan Carlos Albarran, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
In the end, Levine’s profile of the nonconformist genius reveals just how superb a dancer Cole was.

— R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Definition of nonconformist

Adjective

The design was by aviation legend Burt Rutan, known for his bold and often maverick creations.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
But the true landmark was Pierre Balmain’s Vent Vert, created by maverick female perfumer Germaine Cellier (also the mastermind behind Robert Piguet’s showstopping Fracas) in 1947.

— Town & Country, Town & Country, 19 Dec. 2022

Definition of maverick

Adjective

The head of the United Kingdom’s MI5 spy agency said Iran is trying to strike military sites in Britain, going beyond the traditional targets of dissident Iranians.

— Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026
The regime transmuted its coercive force into political legitimacy through the spectacular destruction of dissident bodies, restoring reverence for the Eagle.

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissident

Adjective

Callixtus condemned and excommunicated Sabellius, the most prominent champion of Modalistic Monarchianism, called Sabellianism, a heretical doctrine that denied personal distinctions within the Godhead.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
This salad was a bit heretical—a hybridization of Roman puntarelle dressing and Venetian radicchios.

— Tamar Adler, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

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