free

Meanings

• people who are free
  • "the home of the free and the brave"
• grant freedom to; free from confinement
• relieve from
• remove or force out from a position
  • "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
• make (information) available for publication
• free from obligations or duties
• free or remove obstruction from
  • "free a path across the cluttered floor"
• let off the hook
• part with a possession or right
• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
• make (assets) available
• 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"
• unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
  • "free expansion"
  • "free oxygen"
  • "a free electron"
• costing nothing
  • "free admission"
• not occupied or in use
  • "a free locker"
  • "a free lane"
• not fixed in position
  • "he pulled his arm free and ran"
• not held in servitude
  • "after the Civil War he was a free man"
• not taken up by scheduled activities
  • "a free hour between classes"
• completely wanting or lacking
• not literal
  • "a free translation of the poem"
• without restraint

Synonyms

absolve, barren, complimentary, costless, destitute, detached, devoid, discharge, disembarrass, disengage, dislodge, exempt, free people, give up, gratis, gratuitous, innocent, justify, liberal, liberate, loose, release, relieve, relinquish, resign, rid, spare, unblock, unfreeze, unloose, unloosen