free

/fɹi/
adjectiveadverbverbnoun

Unconstrained.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Unconstrained.

    “He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.”

  2. Obtainable without any payment.

    “The government provides free health care.”

  3. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.

    “We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains.”

  4. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.

Adverb 1 meaning

  1. Without needing to pay.

    “I got this bike free.”

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To make free; set at liberty; release.

  2. To rid of something that confines or oppresses.

  3. To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A free transfer.

  2. The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Similar and opposite words

Similar
unconstrainedunfetteredunhinderedquitnonauthoritarianlibregratiscostless
Opposite
constrainedrestrictedboundenslavedimprisonedunfree

FREE at a glance

FREE has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + E 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #198 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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  • TREE4
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