Dictionary entry details
• FREE (noun)
Meaning:
People who are free
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
free; free people
Context example:
the home of the free and the brave
Hypernyms ("free" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
• FREE (adjective)
Meaning:
Able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
Context examples:
free enterprise / a free port / a free country / I have an hour free / free will / free of racism / feel free to stay as long as you wish / a free choice
Similar:
disentangled; extricated; freed (having become freed from entanglement; disengaged)
emancipated; liberated (free from traditional social restraints)
footloose (free to go or do as one pleases)
out-of-school (not attending school and therefore free to work)
unconfined; unimprisoned (free from confinement or physical restraint)
unconstrained (free from constraint)
free of; unhampered (not held in check or subject to control)
unrestricted (free of restrictions on conduct)
discharged; released (set free as from prison or duty)
clear (free from contact or proximity or connection)
atrip; aweigh ((of an anchor) just clear of the bottom)
available; uncommitted (not busy; not otherwise committed)
autonomous; independent; self-governing; sovereign ((of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces)
at large; escaped; loose; on the loose (having escaped, especially from confinement)
loose (not restrained or confined or attached)
Also:
unrestricted (not subject to or subjected to restriction)
unrestrained (not subject to restraint)
free (not held in servitude)
unbound (not restrained or tied down by bonds)
unconfined (not confined)
independent (free from external control and constraint)
Attribute:
freedom (the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints)
Antonym:
unfree (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)
Meaning:
Unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
Context examples:
free expansion / free oxygen / a free electron
Similar:
unbound (not held in chemical or physical combination)
liberated ((of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Antonym:
bound (held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union)
Meaning:
Costing nothing
Synonyms:
costless; gratis; gratuitous; complimentary; free
Context examples:
complimentary tickets / free admission
Similar:
unpaid (not paid)
Meaning:
Not occupied or in use
Context examples:
a free locker / a free lane
Similar:
unoccupied (not held or filled or in use)
Meaning:
Not fixed in position
Synonyms:
free; detached
Context examples:
the detached shutter fell on him / he pulled his arm free and ran
Similar:
unfixed (not firmly placed or set or fastened)
Meaning:
Not held in servitude
Context example:
after the Civil War he was a free man
Similar:
free-soil; non-slave; slaveless (where slavery was prohibited)
freeborn (born free of free parents)
emancipated; freed; liberated (freed from bondage)
Also:
free (able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)
Antonym:
slave (held in servitude)
Meaning:
Not taken up by scheduled activities
Synonyms:
spare; free
Context examples:
a free hour between classes / spare time on my hands
Similar:
unoccupied (not held or filled or in use)
Meaning:
Not literal
Synonyms:
liberal; loose; free
Context examples:
a loose interpretation of what she had been told / a free translation of the poem
Similar:
inexact (not exact)
• FREE (verb)
Meaning:
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
unloosen; unloose; loose; free; release; liberate
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
parole (release a criminal from detention and place him on parole)
bail out (free on bail)
run (set animals loose to graze)
bail (release after a security has been paid)
unchain (make free)
unspell (release from a spell)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to free the prisoners
Antonym:
confine (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
Meaning:
Relieve from
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
disembarrass; rid; free
Context example:
Rid the house of pests
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
disembody (free from a body or physical form or reality)
disinfest (rid of vermin)
clear (clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.)
smooth; smooth out (free from obstructions)
relieve (free from a burden, evil, or distress)
cleanse (purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Meaning:
Remove or force out from a position
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
dislodge; free
Context examples:
The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums / He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
Hypernyms (to "free" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
exempt; relieve; free
Context example:
She exempted me from the exam
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
derestrict (make free from restrictions)
deregulate (lift the regulations on)
dispense (grant a dispensation; grant an exemption)
forgive (absolve from payment)
spare (save or relieve from an experience or action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Make (information) available publication
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
free; release
Context example:
release the list with the names of the prisoners
Hypernyms (to "free" is one way to...):
issue; supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
declassify (lift the restriction on and make available again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Free from obligations or duties
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
discharge; free
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
disembroil; disentangle; disinvolve (free from involvement or entanglement)
liberate; set free (grant freedom to)
cashier (discharge with dishonor, as in the army)
clear (free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment)
cut (discharge from a group)
relieve; take over (free someone temporarily from his or her obligations)
disinvest; divest (deprive of status or authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Free or remove obstruction from
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
disengage; free
Context example:
free a path across the cluttered floor
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
disencumber; disentangle; extricate; untangle (release from entanglement of difficulty)
loosen up; unstuff (cause to become unblocked)
unclog (become or cause to become unobstructed)
dig out (dig out from underneath earth or snow)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
obstruct (block passage through)
Meaning:
Let off the hook
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
absolve; justify; free
Context example:
I absolve you from this responsibility
Hypernyms (to "free" is one way to...):
forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
excuse; exempt; let off; relieve (grant exemption or release to)
wash one's hands (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Meaning:
Part with a possession or right
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
relinquish; resign; give up; release; free
Context examples:
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest / resign a claim to the throne
Hypernyms (to "free" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "free"):
derequisition (release from government control)
give; sacrifice (endure the loss of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make (assets) available
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
unfreeze; unblock; release; free
Context example:
release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Hypernyms (to "free" is one way to...):
issue; supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
• FREE (adverb)
Meaning:
Without restraint
Synonyms:
free; loose
Context example:
cows in India are running loose
"Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere" (English proverb)
"The day without work, the night without sleep." (Albanian proverb)
"If you are saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it." (Arabic proverb)
"Eat a big bite but don't say a big statement." (Cypriot proverb)
