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

Synonym(s): free_people

Hypernym(s): people

· grant freedom to; free from confinement

Synonym(s): liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose

Antonym(s): confine

· relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

Synonym(s): 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"

Synonym(s): dislodge

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw

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

Synonym(s): exempt, relieve

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

Synonym(s): release

Hypernym(s): issue, supply

· free from obligations or duties

Synonym(s): discharge

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

Synonym(s): disengage

Antonym(s): obstruct

· let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

Synonym(s): absolve

Hypernym(s): forgive

· part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

Synonym(s): release, relinquish, resign, give_up

Hypernym(s): pass, hand, reach, pass_on, turn_over, give

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

Synonym(s): release, liberate

Hypernym(s): generate, bring_forth

· make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

Synonym(s): unblock, unfreeze, release

Hypernym(s): issue, supply

Antonym(s): freeze

· not limited or 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(s): unfree

· 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(s): bound

· costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"

Synonym(s): 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"

Synonym(s): detached

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

Antonym(s): unfree

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

Synonym(s): spare

· completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"

Synonym(s): barren, destitute, devoid, innocent

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

Synonym(s): loose, liberal

· without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"

Synonym(s): loose