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'

unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; free expansion; free oxygen; a free electron'

not held in servitude; after the Civil War he was a free man'

people who are free; the home of the free and the brave

[ Syn: free people ]

without restraint; cows in India are running loose

[ Syn: loose , loose , loose , loose , loose , loose , loose , loose ]

costing nothing; complimentary tickets; free admission

[ Syn: complimentary , costless , gratis , gratuitous ]

not occupied or in use; a free locker; a free lane'

not fixed in position; the detached shutter fell on him; he pulled his arm free and ran

[ Syn: detached ]

not taken up by scheduled activities; a free hour between classes; spare time on my hands

[ Syn: spare ]

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 ]

not literal; a loose interpretation of what she had been told; a free translation of the poem

[ Syn: loose , liberal ]

grant freedom to; free from confinement

[ Syn: liberate , release , unloose , unloosen , loose ]

release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

[ Syn: release , liberate ]

make (assets) available; release the holdings in the dictators bank account

[ Syn: unblock , unblock , unfreeze , unfreeze , release , release ]

relieve from; Rid the house of pests

[ Syn: rid , disembarrass ]

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

[ Syn: dislodge ]

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; She exempted me from the exam

[ Syn: exempt , relieve ]

make (information) available for publication; release the list with the names of the prisoners

[ Syn: release ]

free from obligations or duties

[ Syn: discharge ]

free or remove obstruction from; free a path across the cluttered floor

[ Syn: disengage ]

let off the hook; I absolve you from this responsibility

[ Syn: absolve , justify ]

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 ]