FREEWHEELING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

freewheeling

adjective

ˌfrē-ˈ(h)wē-liŋ

as in casual

not held back by rules, duties, or worries James Bond has long been the model of the freewheeling hero who encounters danger and excitement in every corner of the globe

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Recent Examples of freewheeling Parents who have immigrated to Norway sometimes struggle to accept the freewheeling Norwegian approach to child care, expecting more academics or structure, even for their youngest. —

Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 Now, China is putting its freewheeling facial recognition industry on notice. —

Washington Post, 30 July 2021 Incongruity isn’t seen as a blemish, and the lyrics tend to be more freewheeling and braggadocious. —

Sheldon Pearc, The New Yorker, 30 June 2021 Made for Love, which is certainly not quite like any other book on earth, is more freewheeling, dense with references—an experiment whose outcome is as vivid and as startling as a chip stuck in the brain. —

Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for freewheeling

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All sorts of messages, formal or casual, are more meaningful during the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in your conversation zone.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
In a 2010 study, for example, the disparity held in both casual and familiar encounters, with ten per cent of women reaching orgasm versus thirty-one per cent of men in a first-time hookup, and sixty-eight per cent versus eighty-five per cent with a familiar partner.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026