free meaning and definition

FREE noun

Definition of free (noun)

1. people who are free
   • "the home of the free and the brave"
   • synonyms: free people

FREE verb

Definition of free (verb)

1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
   • synonyms: liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen
   • antonym: confine
2. relieve from
   • "Rid the house of pests"
   • synonyms: disembarrass, rid
3. 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"
   • synonyms: dislodge
   • antonym: deposit
4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
   • "She exempted me from the exam"
   • synonyms: exempt, relieve
   • antonym: apply
5. make (information) available for publication
   • "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
   • synonyms: release
6. free from obligations or duties
   • synonyms: discharge
7. free or remove obstruction from
   • "free a path across the cluttered floor"
   • synonyms: disengage
   • antonym: block
8. let off the hook
   • "I absolve you from this responsibility"
   • synonyms: absolve, justify
   • antonym: blame
9. part with a possession or right
   • "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
   • synonyms: give up, release, relinquish, resign
10. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
    • synonyms: liberate, release
11. make (assets) available
    • "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
    • synonyms: release, unblock, unfreeze
    • antonym: block

FREE adjective

Definition of free (adjective)

1. 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"
   • antonym: unfree
2. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
   • "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
   • antonym: bound
3. costing nothing
   • "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
   • synonyms: complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous
4. not occupied or in use
   • "a free locker"; "a free lane"
5. not fixed in position
   • "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
   • synonyms: detached
6. not held in servitude
   • "after the Civil War he was a free man"
   • antonym: unfree
7. not taken up by scheduled activities
   • "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
   • synonyms: spare
8. completely wanting or lacking
   • "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
   • synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, innocent
9. not literal
   • "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
   • synonyms: liberal, loose

FREE adverb

Definition of free (adverb)

1. without restraint
   • "cows in India are running loose"
   • synonyms: loose