1. (adj) free, free people
people who are free
Synonyms: free people, free
Antonyms: at bay(p), servile(a), adscripted, conjugated, conjugate, nonsovereign, adscript, existing, paid, bound, serflike, occupied, cornered, trapped, prisonlike, slaveholding, confined, imprisoned, jailed, nonautonomous, existent, apprenticed, articled, treed, exact, unfree, fixed, entangled, indentured, captive, impede, jam, obstruct, detain, obturate, occlude, block, confine, close up
2. (adj) free
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
Synonyms: loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid
Antonyms: exact, trapped, occupied, entangled, articled, servile(a), slaveholding, cornered, indentured, paid, imprisoned, existing, conjugate, conjugated, bound, confined, captive, adscripted, unfree, nonsovereign, prisonlike, adscript, at bay(p), existent, jailed, nonautonomous, serflike, fixed, apprenticed, treed, close up, impede, jam, confine, obturate, obstruct, occlude, detain, block
3. (adj) free
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
Synonyms: loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid
Antonyms: trapped, jailed, imprisoned, treed, adscript, existing, at bay(p), indentured, servile(a), occupied, conjugate, entangled, prisonlike, serflike, adscripted, unfree, exact, bound, articled, confined, existent, apprenticed, conjugated, nonautonomous, cornered, slaveholding, captive, nonsovereign, paid, fixed, obturate, detain, occlude, confine, block, impede, close up, jam, obstruct
4. (adj) complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous
costing nothing
Antonyms: indentured, unfree, exact, occupied, trapped, adscript, captive, cornered, adscripted, imprisoned, conjugate, jailed, existent, conjugated, serflike, articled, confined, entangled, fixed, at bay(p), slaveholding, treed, apprenticed, nonsovereign, bound, prisonlike, servile(a), paid, existing, nonautonomous, occlude, obturate, jam, obstruct, confine, close up, block, impede, detain
5. (adj) free
not occupied or in use
Synonyms: loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid
Antonyms: conjugated, existing, adscripted, occupied, confined, treed, existent, nonsovereign, nonautonomous, unfree, serflike, exact, prisonlike, imprisoned, paid, adscript, at bay(p), servile(a), captive, bound, entangled, articled, jailed, trapped, apprenticed, indentured, conjugate, slaveholding, cornered, fixed, occlude, block, impede, obstruct, confine, detain, obturate, close up, jam
6. (adj) detached, free
not fixed in position
Synonyms: degage, uninvolved, detached, separated, isolated, uncaring, gratis(p), costless, set-apart, free, devoid, destitute, loose, gratuitous, liberal, spare, innocent, complimentary, barren, unaffectionate
Antonyms: apprenticed, existing, conjugate, at bay(p), indentured, bound, confined, trapped, exact, fixed, treed, servile(a), unfree, jailed, prisonlike, adscripted, entangled, slaveholding, nonsovereign, captive, cornered, occupied, imprisoned, articled, conjugated, serflike, existent, adscript, paid, nonautonomous, obstruct, jam, occlude, confine, block, impede, close up, obturate, detain
7. (adj) free
not held in servitude
Synonyms: loose, barren, gratis(p), detached, complimentary, gratuitous, costless, innocent, liberal, spare, destitute, devoid
Antonyms: slaveholding, captive, adscript, trapped, entangled, jailed, exact, nonautonomous, occupied, bound, conjugated, conjugate, cornered, paid, at bay(p), imprisoned, serflike, fixed, servile(a), existent, unfree, treed, prisonlike, indentured, articled, apprenticed, adscripted, nonsovereign, existing, confined, impede, obturate, jam, confine, close up, block, obstruct, detain, occlude
8. (adj) spare, free
not taken up by scheduled activities
Synonyms: unembellished, gratis(p), surplus, supererogatory, detached, costless, scanty, complimentary, loose, unornamented, extra, free, devoid, plain, redundant, supernumerary, superfluous, destitute, barren, excess, spare, gratuitous, innocent, trim, bare(a), bare, liberal
Antonyms: unfree, prisonlike, nonautonomous, adscripted, trapped, confined, bound, indentured, conjugated, occupied, paid, cornered, adscript, articled, conjugate, nonsovereign, existing, captive, treed, apprenticed, existent, fixed, at bay(p), servile(a), jailed, slaveholding, exact, serflike, entangled, imprisoned, detain, close up, obturate, jam, occlude, block, confine, impede, obstruct
9. (adj) barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
completely wanting or lacking
Synonyms: guiltless, gratis(p), ingenuous, innocuous, indigent, needy, impeccant, complimentary, destitute, loose, costless, liberal, free, stark, unacquainted(p), desolate, barren, gratuitous, clean-handed, impoverished, detached, spare, innocent(p), innocent, poverty-stricken, sinless, devoid, bleak, bare, necessitous
Antonyms: at bay(p), captive, trapped, conjugated, existing, occupied, slaveholding, indentured, bound, conjugate, imprisoned, apprenticed, articled, unfree, exact, prisonlike, adscripted, serflike, cornered, servile(a), nonsovereign, treed, nonautonomous, adscript, entangled, paid, jailed, confined, existent, fixed, detain, confine, obstruct, close up, block, occlude, impede, obturate, jam
10. (verb) free, loose, liberal
not literal
Synonyms: spare, bountiful, sluttish, wanton, devoid, liberal, big, at large(p), idle, costless, large-minded, bounteous, easy, promiscuous, tolerant, detached, informal, complimentary, unaffixed, handsome, open, gratis(p), bighearted, slack, innocent, on the loose(p), destitute, freehanded, gratuitous, barren, broad, free, openhanded, giving, light, escaped, lax, loose
Antonyms: occupied, jailed, imprisoned, conjugated, trapped, entangled, nonautonomous, cornered, existing, existent, apprenticed, captive, paid, indentured, fixed, adscript, exact, conjugate, bound, treed, prisonlike, servile(a), confined, nonsovereign, serflike, at bay(p), unfree, slaveholding, adscripted, articled, obturate, detain, jam, obstruct, close up, impede, block, occlude, confine
11. (verb) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
grant freedom to; free from confinement
Synonyms: turn, unfreeze, unloose, expel, exhaust, let loose, release, resign, emancipate, unblock, liberate, loosen, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, relinquish, justify, absolve, unleash, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, bring out, discharge, issue, free, relax, disengage, eject, set free, loose
Antonyms: servile(a), bound, paid, existing, unfree, fixed, apprenticed, existent, exact, conjugate, imprisoned, serflike, articled, nonsovereign, entangled, adscript, slaveholding, confined, adscripted, jailed, occupied, prisonlike, conjugated, at bay(p), cornered, captive, treed, trapped, nonautonomous, indentured, jam, block, close up, obturate, detain, confine, obstruct, impede, occlude
12. (verb) rid, free, disembarrass
relieve from
Synonyms: justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, free, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, dislodge
Antonyms: conjugate, unfree, confined, exact, bound, jailed, slaveholding, nonautonomous, conjugated, fixed, occupied, existing, apprenticed, adscript, servile(a), captive, paid, trapped, treed, at bay(p), adscripted, articled, cornered, entangled, nonsovereign, imprisoned, prisonlike, serflike, existent, indentured, obturate, block, obstruct, impede, close up, detain, occlude, confine, jam
13. (verb) dislodge, free
remove or force out from a position
Synonyms: exempt, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, liberate, free, discharge, release, reposition, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, shift, relinquish, bump, disengage, rid, absolve, dislodge
Antonyms: servile(a), unfree, imprisoned, apprenticed, exact, occupied, nonsovereign, conjugate, treed, nonautonomous, conjugated, indentured, serflike, confined, slaveholding, paid, articled, adscript, at bay(p), existent, entangled, cornered, jailed, fixed, captive, bound, prisonlike, trapped, adscripted, existing, obstruct, close up, impede, confine, detain, block, obturate, occlude, jam
14. (verb) exempt, relieve, free
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Synonyms: unloosen, unfreeze, unloose, ease, salvage, release, resign, save, unblock, disembarrass, rid, liberate, still, unbosom, take over, salve, allay, exempt, give up, justify, let off, absolve, palliate, excuse, relieve, assuage, relinquish, remedy, alleviate, dislodge, discharge, free, disengage, lighten, loose
Antonyms: adscript, conjugated, servile(a), fixed, conjugate, jailed, unfree, confined, occupied, at bay(p), paid, adscripted, articled, cornered, slaveholding, bound, captive, existent, imprisoned, trapped, serflike, prisonlike, nonautonomous, exact, indentured, apprenticed, nonsovereign, existing, treed, entangled, block, jam, confine, obstruct, close up, occlude, impede, obturate, detain
15. (verb) free, release
make (information) available for publication
Synonyms: turn, justify, exhaust, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, issue, liberate, let go, bring out, free, discharge, release, secrete, put out, give up, loose, disembarrass, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, disengage, rid, exempt, expel, absolve, eject, dislodge
Antonyms: adscript, conjugated, unfree, serflike, adscripted, apprenticed, bound, occupied, cornered, existent, entangled, indentured, captive, servile(a), trapped, conjugate, treed, imprisoned, confined, nonsovereign, jailed, at bay(p), existing, prisonlike, paid, articled, exact, fixed, slaveholding, nonautonomous, obturate, obstruct, confine, detain, block, occlude, impede, close up, jam
16. (verb) free, discharge
free from obligations or duties
Synonyms: unload, exhaust, unfreeze, unloose, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, assoil, release, drop off, resign, empty, unblock, liberate, relieve, fire, disembarrass, unloosen, put down, exempt, give up, relinquish, exculpate, justify, absolve, set down, clear, rid, acquit, dislodge, drop, discharge, exonerate, free, disengage, eject, muster out, loose
Antonyms: servile(a), nonsovereign, conjugated, adscript, apprenticed, existent, captive, bound, adscripted, indentured, exact, occupied, trapped, nonautonomous, articled, slaveholding, at bay(p), conjugate, cornered, fixed, prisonlike, entangled, serflike, jailed, existing, imprisoned, unfree, paid, treed, confined, close up, confine, block, occlude, jam, detain, obstruct, impede, obturate
17. (verb) free, disengage
free or remove obstruction from
Synonyms: justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, withdraw, unfreeze, liberate, free, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, dislodge
Antonyms: conjugate, adscript, trapped, imprisoned, unfree, fixed, at bay(p), conjugated, exact, paid, confined, apprenticed, bound, cornered, jailed, articled, existing, occupied, prisonlike, indentured, nonsovereign, captive, nonautonomous, existent, slaveholding, serflike, entangled, adscripted, servile(a), treed, confine, close up, jam, detain, obstruct, block, impede, obturate, occlude
18. (verb) absolve, justify, free
let off the hook
Synonyms: justify, unloose, relieve, apologise, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, rationalize, excuse, vindicate, warrant, discharge, release, give up, apologize, rationalise, loose, disembarrass, resign, dislodge, shrive, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, absolve, free
Antonyms: articled, unfree, conjugate, paid, treed, adscripted, imprisoned, nonsovereign, apprenticed, conjugated, entangled, bound, fixed, occupied, exact, confined, servile(a), at bay(p), trapped, serflike, existent, prisonlike, nonautonomous, captive, cornered, jailed, adscript, existing, indentured, slaveholding, jam, close up, impede, obturate, detain, confine, obstruct, occlude, block
19. (verb) release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
part with a possession or right
Synonyms: unloosen, unfreeze, allow, unloose, abandon, drop by the wayside, expel, vacate, cede, free, release, resign, forgo, stop, drop out, unblock, rid, kick, exhaust, liberate, publish, surrender, disembarrass, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, put out, reconcile, let go of, dispense with, exempt, give up, throw overboard, forfeit, justify, absolve, leave office, spare, relieve, secrete, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, let go, renounce, dislodge, bring out, discontinue, discharge, issue, step down, chuck up the sponge, submit, disengage, turn, eject, part with, throw in, forego, quit, foreswear, loose
Antonyms: articled, adscripted, nonsovereign, serflike, captive, bound, adscript, imprisoned, slaveholding, treed, conjugated, occupied, nonautonomous, trapped, indentured, confined, existent, unfree, fixed, exact, at bay(p), entangled, prisonlike, cornered, apprenticed, conjugate, existing, jailed, paid, servile(a), jam, block, close up, obstruct, obturate, occlude, confine, detain, impede
20. (verb) release, free, liberate
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
Synonyms: turn, exempt, exhaust, absolve, unloose, relieve, emancipate, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, liberate, disembarrass, disengage, bring out, free, discharge, release, secrete, set free, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, expel, rid, issue, eject, dislodge
Antonyms: treed, cornered, bound, apprenticed, serflike, conjugate, captive, prisonlike, indentured, imprisoned, unfree, adscripted, exact, trapped, conjugated, slaveholding, paid, at bay(p), occupied, fixed, confined, existent, servile(a), existing, nonautonomous, nonsovereign, adscript, entangled, articled, jailed, impede, confine, jam, obturate, block, occlude, close up, obstruct, detain
21. (adverb) unblock, unfreeze, free, release
make (assets) available
Synonyms: exhaust, unfreeze, unloose, bring out, melt, release, resign, unblock, dethaw, liberate, expel, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, dissolve, relinquish, thaw, justify, absolve, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, eject, discharge, unthaw, free, disengage, turn, issue, loose
Antonyms: indentured, existing, confined, nonsovereign, existent, fixed, cornered, treed, jailed, nonautonomous, servile(a), imprisoned, trapped, conjugated, occupied, articled, adscripted, captive, exact, prisonlike, serflike, unfree, bound, entangled, paid, at bay(p), slaveholding, adscript, apprenticed, conjugate, confine, detain, obturate, close up, impede, block, obstruct, jam, occlude
22. (adverb) loose, free
without restraint
Synonyms: loose, free
Antonyms: conjugated, conjugate, treed, occupied, trapped, indentured, serflike, jailed, confined, servile(a), existing, slaveholding, existent, nonsovereign, apprenticed, unfree, articled, cornered, bound, adscripted, paid, imprisoned, at bay(p), captive, prisonlike, entangled, nonautonomous, adscript, fixed, exact, jam, confine, obstruct, occlude, obturate, close up, detain, block, impede
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Synonyms and Antonyms of Free 
