free
people who are free
- the home of the free and the brave
• Syn:
free people
• Hypernyms:
people
1. grant freedom to;
free from confinement (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
• Ant:
confine
• Derivationally related forms:
release (for: release), liberation (for: liberate), liberty (for: liberate), liberator (for: liberate), freeing
• Hyponyms:
unspell, unchain, bail, run, bail out, parole
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They want to free the prisoners
2. remove or force out from a position (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Syn:
dislodge
• Ant:
lodge (for: dislodge)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. relieve from (Freq. 3)
- Rid the house of pests
• Syn:
rid, disembarrass
• See Also:
rid of (for: rid)
• Derivationally related forms:
disembarrassment (for: disembarrass), riddance (for: rid)
• Hyponyms:
cleanse, relieve, smooth, smooth out, clear,
disinfest, disembody
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
4. free or remove obstruction from (Freq. 1)
- free a path across the cluttered floor
• Syn:
disengage
• Ant:
obstruct
• Hyponyms:
dig out, unclog, unstuff, loosen up, extricate,
untangle, disentangle, disencumber
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. free from obligations or duties (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
discharge
• Derivationally related forms:
discharge (for: discharge), freeing
• Hyponyms:
divest, disinvest, take over, relieve, cut,
cut, cashier, liberate, set free, disinvolve,
disembroil, disentangle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
6. let off the hook (Freq. 1)
- I absolve you from this responsibility
• Syn:
absolve, justify
• Ant:
blame (for: absolve)
• Derivationally related forms:
justification (for: justify), absolvitory (for: absolve)
• Hypernyms:
forgive
• Hyponyms:
excuse, relieve, let off, exempt, wash one's hands
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
7. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to (Freq. 1)
- She exempted me from the exam
• Syn:
exempt, relieve
• Ant:
enforce (for: exempt)
• Derivationally related forms:
exemption (for: exempt)
• Hyponyms:
derestrict, deregulate, dispense, forgive, spare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
8. make (information) available for publication (Freq. 1)
- release the list with the names of the prisoners
• Syn:
release
• Derivationally related forms:
release (for: release)
• Hypernyms:
issue, supply
• Hyponyms:
declassify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
9. part with a possession or right
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
• Syn:
release, relinquish, resign, give up
• Derivationally related forms:
relinquishment (for: relinquish), relinquishing (for: relinquish), release (for: release)
• Hypernyms:
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
• Hyponyms:
derequisition, sacrifice, give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
10. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
• Syn:
release, liberate
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
generate, bring forth
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
11. make (assets) available
- release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
• Syn:
unblock, unfreeze, release
• Ant:
freeze (for: unfreeze), block (for: unblock)
• Hypernyms:
issue, supply
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. able to act at will;
not hampered;
not under compulsion or restraint (Freq. 38)
- 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
• Ant:
unfree
• Similar to:
at large, escaped, loose, on the loose, autonomous,
independent, self-governing, sovereign, available, uncommitted, aweigh,
atrip, clear, emancipated, liberated, footloose, out-of-school,
unconfined, unimprisoned, unconstrained, unhampered, unrestricted
• See Also:
independent, unbound, unconfined, unrestrained, unrestricted
• Attrubites:
freedom
2. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion (Freq. 4)
- free expansion
- free oxygen
- a free electron
• Ant:
bound
• Similar to:
liberated, unbound
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science, physics, natural philosophy
3. costing nothing (Freq. 3)
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
• Syn:
complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous
• Similar to:
unpaid
4. not occupied or in use (Freq. 3)
- a free locker
- a free lane
• Similar to:
unoccupied
5. not fixed in position (Freq. 1)
- the detached shutter fell on him
- he pulled his arm free and ran
• Syn:
detached
• Similar to:
unfixed
6. not held in servitude
- after the Civil War he was a free man
• Ant:
unfree
• Similar to:
freeborn, free-soil, slaveless, non-slave
7. not taken up by scheduled activities
- a free hour between classes
- spare time on my hands
• Syn:
spare
• Similar to:
unoccupied
8. completely wanting or lacking
- writing barren of insight
- young recruits destitute of experience
- innocent of literary merit
- the sentence was devoid of meaning
• Syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, innocent
• Similar to:
nonexistent
9. not literal
- a loose interpretation of what she had been told
- a free translation of the poem
• Syn:
loose, liberal
• Similar to:
inexact
• Derivationally related forms:
looseness (for: loose)
without restraint
- cows in India are running loose
• Syn:
loose
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