Synonyms of free-swinging

free-swinging

adjective

ˈfrē-ˈswiŋ-iŋ 

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

free-swinging entrepreneurs who could see that the future lay in biotech and were willing to stake everything on that vision

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• daring
• fearless
• bold
• courageous
• brave
• adventuresome
• enterprising
• hardy
• gutsy
• audacious
• venturesome
• venturous
• dashing
• reckless
• heroic
• nerved
• impulsive
• nervy
• emboldened
• gallant
• foolish
• valiant
• impetuous
• incautious
• thoughtless
• imprudent
• spirited
• madcap
• overconfident
• brash
• rash
• stupid
• daredevil
• wild
• spunky
• foolhardy
• heedless
• intrepid
• dumb
• swashbuckling
• silly
• hotheaded
• stalwart
• unafraid
• plucky
• valorous
• wacky
• stout
• undaunted
• hasty
• gritty
• idiotic
• absurd
• unnecessary
• dauntless
• nutty
• irrational
• stouthearted
• unreasonable
• mad
• lunatic
• overbold
• scatterbrained
• headlong
• insane
• lionhearted
• moronic
• asinine
• harebrained
• crazy
• precipitate
• witless
• brainless
• balmy
• greathearted
• half-witted
• gadarene

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• careful
• cautious
• pusillanimous
• cowardly
• craven
• unenterprising
• timorous
• coward
• unadventurous
• prudent
• shy
• milky
• wary
• overcautious
• afraid
• fearful
• frightened
• startled
• heedful
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• reasonable
• alarmed
• milk-livered
• spooked
• poltroon
• scared
• terrified
• sound
• rational
• shocked
• sensible
• calm
• unnerved
• cool
• horrified
• wise
• overcareful
• sane
• levelheaded
• upset
• affrighted
• terrorized
• sage
• concerned
• worried
• fainthearted
• dismayed
• appalled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of free-swinging

Quintana had no trouble taming the potent, but free-swinging Braves lineup. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 May 2026

Gibson beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and then rising teenager Iva Jović to reach the fourth round in Miami, playing the free-swinging, aggressive tennis that served her so well in the Coachella Valley the previous fortnight. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2026

In an era of free-swinging sluggers in Major League Baseball, David Fletcher was a true throwback. — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025

This streamlined technology enables a free-swinging knee and regenerative braking, which charges the battery during use with energy that would typically be dissipated when the foot hits the ground. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 July 2020