Definition of free

adjective (a)

• able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint (adj.all)

  Antonym: unfree
  

  Example:
  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.
  

  source: wordnet30
• unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion (adj.all)

  Antonym: bound
  

  Example:
  Free expansion.
  Free oxygen.
  A free electron.
  

  source: wordnet30
• not held in servitude (adj.all)

  Example:
  After the Civil War he was a free man.
  

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• Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• people who are free (noun.group)

  Synonym: free people
  

  Example:
  The home of the free and the brave.
  

  source: wordnet30

adverb (r)

• without restraint (adv.all)

  source: wordnet30
• Freely; willingly. (adverb)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• costing nothing (adj.all)

  Synonym: complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous
  

  Example:
  Free admission.
  

  source: wordnet30
• not occupied or in use (adj.all)

  Example:
  A free locker.
  A free lane.
  

  source: wordnet30
• not fixed in position (adj.all)

  Synonym: detached
  

  Example:
  He pulled his arm free and ran.
  

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• not taken up by scheduled activities (adj.all)

  Synonym: spare
  

  Example:
  A free hour between classes.
  

  source: wordnet30
• completely wanting or lacking (adj.all)

  Synonym: barren, destitute, devoid, innocent
  

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• not literal (adj.all)

  Synonym: liberal, loose
  

  Example:
  A free translation of the poem.
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• grant freedom to; free from confinement (verb.social)

  Synonym: liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen
  Antonym: confine, detain
  

  source: wordnet30
• relieve from (verb.possession)

  Synonym: disembarrass, rid
  

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• remove or force out from a position (verb.contact)

  Synonym: dislodge
  Antonym: deposit, lodge, stick, wedge
  

  Example:
  He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble.
  

  source: wordnet30
• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to (verb.social)

  Synonym: exempt, relieve
  Antonym: apply, enforce, implement
  

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• make (information) available for publication (verb.social)

  Synonym: release
  

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• free from obligations or duties (verb.social)

  Synonym: discharge
  

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• free or remove obstruction from (verb.contact)

  Synonym: disengage
  Antonym: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
  

  Example:
  Free a path across the cluttered floor.
  

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• let off the hook (verb.communication)

  Synonym: absolve, justify
  Antonym: blame, fault
  

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• part with a possession or right (verb.possession)

  Synonym: give up, release, relinquish, resign
  

  source: wordnet30
• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition (verb.creation)

  Synonym: liberate, release
  

  source: wordnet30
• make (assets) available (verb.change)

  Synonym: release, unblock, unfreeze
  Antonym: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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