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Something that costs nothing is free. We can also say that someone is free of pain, which means they have none.

This word has many meanings. On Mondays, admission to some museums is free — there's no charge. Often, people say the best things in life are free, usually meaning love and friendship. We live in a free country, which means we have a lot of rights and freedoms, such as freedom of the press. The word has a similar meaning when we say a prisoner goes free, or philosophers talk about free will: the belief that we make our own decisions, not ones forced on us by society, culture, or a higher power.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: free

1	adj adv v n	able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint without restraint grant freedom to; free from confinement people who are free
2	adj v	not fixed in position remove or force out from a position
3	adj	costing nothing
4	adj v	not occupied or in use free or remove obstruction from
5	adj	completely wanting or lacking

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: free

adj able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

“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”

Synonyms: unbound
not restrained or tied down by bonds; unconfined
not confined; independent
free from external control and constraint; at large, escaped, loose, on the loose
having escaped, especially from confinement; autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; available, uncommitted
not busy; not otherwise committed; atrip, aweigh
(of an anchor) just clear of the bottom; clear
free from contact or proximity or connection; 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; unhampered
not held in check or subject to control; unrestricted
free of restrictions on conduct; unrestrained
not subject to restraint; unrestricted
not subject to or subjected to restriction

Antonyms:: unfree
hampered and not free; not able to act at will; bound
confined by bonds; confined
not free to move about; dependent
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; adscript, adscripted
(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured
bound by contract; at bay, cornered, trapped, treed
forced to turn and face attackers; captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed
being in captivity; entangled
involved in difficulties; nonautonomous, nonsovereign
(of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces; prisonlike
resembling a prison; serflike
like someone in servitude; restricted
subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; show more antonyms...

adj not held in servitude

“after the Civil War he was a free man”

Synonyms: freeborn
born free of free parents; free-soil, non-slave, slaveless
where slavery was prohibited

Antonyms:: unfree
held in servitude; unfree
hampered and not free; not able to act at will; servile
relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants; slaveholding
allowing slavery; show more antonyms...

adj not literal

“a free translation of the poem”

Synonyms:: liberal, loose

: inexact
not exact

adv without restraint

Synonyms:: loose

v grant freedom to; free from confinement

Synonyms:: liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen

Antonyms:: confine, detain
deprive of freedom; take into confinement

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; unspell
release from a spell; unchain
make free; bail
release after a security has been paid; run
set animals loose to graze; bail out
free on bail; parole
release a criminal from detention and place him on parole

v make (assets) available

Synonyms:: release, unblock, unfreeze

Antonyms:: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

Type of:: issue, supply
circulate or distribute or equip with

v make (information) available for publication

Synonyms:: release

Types:: declassify
lift the restriction on and make available again

Type of:: issue, supply
circulate or distribute or equip with

v relieve from

Synonyms:: disembarrass, rid

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; cleanse
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; relieve
free from a burden, evil, or distress; smooth, smooth out
free from obstructions; clear
clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; disinfest
rid of vermin; disembody
free from a body or physical form or reality; denazify
free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance

v let off the hook

Synonyms:: absolve, justify

Antonyms:: blame, fault
put or pin the blame on

Types:: excuse, exempt, let off, relieve
grant exemption or release to; wash one's hands
to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame; frank
exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

Type of:: forgive
stop blaming or grant forgiveness

v grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

Synonyms:: exempt, relieve

Antonyms:: apply, enforce, implement
ensure observance of laws and rules

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; 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

v part with a possession or right

Synonyms:: give up, release, relinquish, resign

Types:: derequisition
release from government control; give, sacrifice
endure the loss of

Type of:: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
place into the hands or custody of

n people who are free

“the home of the free and the brave”

Synonyms:: free people

Type of:: people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

adj not fixed in position

“he pulled his arm free and ran”

Synonyms:: detached

: unfixed
not firmly placed or set or fastened

adj unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

“free expansion”

“free oxygen”

“a free electron”

Synonyms: liberated
(of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination; unbound
not held in chemical or physical combination

Antonyms:: bound
held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union; conjugate, conjugated
of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond; conjugate, conjugated
formed by the union of two compounds; show more antonyms...

v remove or force out from a position

“He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble”

Synonyms:: dislodge

Antonyms:: deposit, lodge, stick, wedge
put, fix, force, or implant

Type of:: remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

v release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

Synonyms:: liberate, release

Type of:: bring forth, generate
bring into existence

adj costing nothing

“free admission”

Synonyms:: complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous

: unpaid
not paid

adj not occupied or in use

“a free locker”

“a free lane”

Synonyms: unoccupied
not held or filled or in use

adj not taken up by scheduled activities

“a free hour between classes”

Synonyms:: spare

: unoccupied
not held or filled or in use

v free or remove obstruction from

“free a path across the cluttered floor”

Synonyms:: disengage

Antonyms:: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
block passage through

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; dig out
dig out from underneath earth or snow; unclog
become or cause to become unobstructed; loosen up, unstuff
cause to become unblocked; disencumber, disentangle, extricate, untangle
release from entanglement of difficulty; unblock
clear or remove an obstruction from

v free from obligations or duties

Synonyms:: discharge

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; disinvest, divest
deprive of status or authority; relieve, take over
free someone temporarily from his or her obligations; cut
discharge from a group; clear
free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; cashier
discharge with dishonor, as in the army; liberate, set free
grant freedom to; disembroil, disentangle, disinvolve
free from involvement or entanglement; dethrone
remove a monarch from the throne; spell
relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; defrock, unfrock
divest of the frock; of church officials; affranchise, enfranchise
grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; emancipate, manumit
free from slavery or servitude; decolonise, decolonize
grant independence to (a former colony)

adj completely wanting or lacking

Synonyms:: barren, destitute, devoid, innocent

: nonexistent
not having existence or being or actuality

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