Synonyms of liberated

liberated 1 of 2

adjective

as in freed

Related Words

• freed
• released
• delivered
• quit
• unburdened
• disencumbered
• shut (of)
• free
• unhampered
• unimpeded

Dissimilar Words

• handicapped
• hindered
• encumbered
• hobbled

liberated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of liberate

1

as in released

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freed
• released
• rescued
• emancipated
• saved
• enfranchised
• loosened
• enlarged
• loosed
• manumitted
• unbound
• turned loose
• discharged
• sprang
• unchained
• disenthralled
• unfettered
• uncaged
• paroled
• redeemed
• ransomed
• extricated
• disengaged
• bailed (out)
• disentangled
• delivered
• unshackled
• disencumbered
• disembarrassed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confined
• bound
• restrained
• fettered
• imprisoned
• shackled
• handcuffed
• incarcerated
• committed
• enchained
• locked (up)
• jailed
• interned
• enslaved
• conquered
• subjugated
• manacled
• subdued
• trammeled
• immured

2

as in saved

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freed
• saved
• redeemed
• released
• rescued
• extricated
• disengaged
• disentangled
• cut loose
• cleared
• untangled
• disembarrassed
• unburdened
• delivered
• disencumbered
• untied
• unraveled
• disburdened
• untwined
• unsnarled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hampered
• hindered
• blocked
• impeded
• loaded
• obstructed
• entangled
• weighed
• embroiled
• burdened
• encumbered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of liberated

Adjective

The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026

The story of sheltered squares being exposed to the wider world and liberated is just as relevant now as 50 years ago. — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026

Verb

Her parents arrived in America with her older sister in 1947 after getting liberated from Auschwitz concentration camp and losing most of their family in the Holocaust. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

When the United States invaded the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, Twain naively imagined that the country would be liberated and turned into a republic. — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026