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The word "free" can be used as adjective, verb, adjective, noun, proper noun, adverb and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bondage bound buy caged caged in captive confine cost costly costs enchained enslaved expensive imprisoned in prison jailed obstruct paid paid for pay paying prison prisoner slave slavery trapped unfree unfree

Coordinate Terms

free as in beer free as in freedom free as in speech gratis libre

Derived Terms

Free China Free City of Tri-Insula Free France Free Kirk Free Soviets Free-Soilism FreeBSD Freecycle Freelander Freeman Freenet Freetown Gibbs free energy befree break free feel free first bite free footloose and fancy free free Abelian group free Boolean algebra free agency free agent free algebra free alongside free alongside ship free alongside ships free as a bird free as in beer free as in freedom free as in speech free as the wind free association free ball free base free bench free bleed free bleeding free board free body free body diagram free box free cash flow free category free cell formation free cheek free church free city free climber free climbing free clinic free clothes association free coinage free communism free communist free companion free convection free corps free country free day free diver free diving free edge free electron free end free energy free enterprise free expression free fall free fatty acid free float free form free grace free group free hand free helicopter ride free house free imperial city free indirect discourse free indirect speech free indirect style free jazz free lance free leg free library free list free liver free love free lover free lunch free market free marketeer free marketeering free mixing free module free monoid free morpheme free neutron free object free of charge free of the city free on board free pass free period free port free press free product free radical free range free reed free rein free ride free rider free roam free run free runner free running free school free school movement free semigroup free sheet free shop free silver free silverite free solo free soloist free space free speech free speech zone free spin free spirit free state free store free substitution free sugar free surface free surface effect free tekno free termineme free thinker free thought free throw free throw percentage free time free to air free to play free trade free trade area free trader free trial free ultrafilter free university free up free up free use free variable free variation free verse free vote free warren free water free weight free wheel free will free will theorem free world free zone free-bleeding free-blown free-body diagram free-boob free-climb free-climbing free-cooling free-diver free-diving free-exercise clause free-fall free-fall time free-feed free-fire free-floating free-floating planet free-flowing free-fly free-flying free-for-all free-form free-from free-hand free-handed free-handedly free-handedness free-hanging free-hearted free-heartedly free-heartedness free-heel skiing free-liver free-living free-loader free-market free-market fundamentalism free-marketeer free-marketism free-milling free-mix free-range free-ranging free-ride free-rider problem free-roam free-roaming free-running free-sheet free-solo free-speaking free-speecher free-spirited free-spoken free-standing free-stone free-style free-swimming free-tailed bat free-thinker free-thinking free-throw lane free-throw line free-to-air free-to-play free-tongued free-trade area free-turbine engine free-wheeling free-will free-willer freeable freeaboo freeball freebander freebanding freebase freebirth freeblown freebooter freeborn freeburn freechapel freeclimb freeconomics freedom freedom ain't free freedom is not free freedom isn't free freedom's not free freefall freefaller freeflow freegan freehand freehanded freehearted freeholding freehood freehub freeish freelance freeline freeloader freelook freely freemail freemason freeminer freemium freemix freeness freephone freepost freeroll freerun freerunning freesheet freeship freeskiing freesome freespool freestanding freester freestone freestore freestream freetail freethinker freethinking freeware freeway freewheel freewoman freewriting get out of jail free card get-out-of-jail-free card go free half-free home free it's a free country land of the free leader of the free world live rent free in someone's head live rent-free in someone's head make free of make free with mean free path mean free time no free lunch no free lunch theorem non-free software olly olly oxen free region free set free the best things in life are free there ain't no such thing as a free lunch there is no free lunch there is no such thing as a free lunch there's no such thing as a free lunch uncoated free sheet walk free weapons free why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free

Distinct From

bound caged captive caught chained charge contained cost costly enslaved expensive imprisoned jailed oppression pay paying slave slavery tied

Etymologically Related To

friend

Context

abstract australian rules football botany chemistry gaelic football hurling legal logic mathematics morpheme mycology physical physics programming social uk

Prerequisites

support anarchy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act alter bring forth change forgive generate give hand issue modify move pass pass on people pull reach remove supply take take away take off turn over withdraw

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Wee Free cofree copyfree double free enfree folkfree free and clear free and easy, free-and-easy overfree permafree quasifree semifree topfree

Type Of (IsA)

people

Manner Of

issue

Related Terms

friend

Related Terms

adjective agreement america america is attached base being blockage bonus bound buying charity cheap common complementary constitution cost cost nothing costs costs nothing devoid free transfer from give give away giveaway given given charity giving giving away gratis identifier independent inexpensive liberated liberty loose money morpheme none nothing nothings nothings for open open source pay payment philosophy plea price priceless quantifier really really cheap relator release sale shorter shorter version source take take one trade trade agreement unattached unbound unconfined unconstrained unrestrained unrestricted untie version very very cheap without yes zero zero cost zero money zero price

Similar Terms

at large atrip autonomous available aweigh aweigh clear clear emancipated emancipated escaped footloose footloose free soil free-soil freeborn freeborn independent inexact liberated liberated loose non-slave nonexistent on loose on the loose out of school out-of-school self governing self-governing slaveless sovereign unbound unbound uncommitted uncommitted unconfined unconstrained unconstrained unfixed unhampered unhampered unimprisoned unimprisoned unoccupied unoccupied unpaid unrestrained unrestricted unrestricted

Synonym Network

absolve complimentary costless destitute detached dislodge exempt liberal liberate loose manumit release rid spare unblock

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