Synonyms for Free
22 senses across 4 parts of speech, powered by WordNet 3.0.
Words related to "Free" (verb) include liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose.
Verb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
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liberatereleaseunlooseunloosenloose
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unspellunchainbailrunbail outparole
relieve from
"Rid the house of pests"
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riddisembarrass
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cleanserelievesmoothcleardisinfestdisembody
remove or force out from a position
"The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums" "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
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dislodge
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remove
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
"She exempted me from the exam"
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exemptrelieve
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derestrictderegulatedispenseforgivespare
make (information) available for publication
"release the list with the names of the prisoners"
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release
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declassify
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issue
free from obligations or duties
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discharge
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divesttake overcutclearcashierliberatedisinvolve
free or remove obstruction from
"free a path across the cluttered floor"
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disengage
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dig outunclogunstuffextricate
let off the hook
"I absolve you from this responsibility"
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absolvejustify
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excusewash one's hands
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forgive
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest" "resign a claim to the throne"
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releaserelinquishresigngive up
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derequisitionsacrifice
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pass
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
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releaseliberate
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generate
make (assets) available
"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
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unblockunfreezerelease
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issue
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confinelodgeenforceobstructblamefreeze
Adjective
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"
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unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
"free expansion" "free oxygen" "a free electron"
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liberatedunbound
costing nothing
"complimentary tickets" "free admission"
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complimentarycostlessgratisgratuitous
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unpaid
not occupied or in use
"a free locker" "a free lane"
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unoccupied
not fixed in position
"the detached shutter fell on him" "he pulled his arm free and ran"
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detached
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unfixed
not held in servitude
"after the Civil War he was a free man"
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freebornfree-soilslavelessnon-slave
not taken up by scheduled activities
"a free hour between classes" "spare time on my hands"
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spare
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unoccupied
completely wanting or lacking
"writing barren of insight" "young recruits destitute of experience" "innocent of literary merit" "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
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barrendestitutedevoidinnocent
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nonexistent
not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told" "a free translation of the poem"
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looseliberal
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inexact
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unfreebound
Noun
people who are free
"the home of the free and the brave"
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free people
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people
Adverb
without restraint
"cows in India are running loose"
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loose
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