Main entry: free, disengage
Definition: free or remove obstruction from
Usage: free a path across the cluttered floor
Antonyms: jam, close up, block, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Definition: block passage through
Main entry: release, liberate, loose, free, unloose, unloosen
Definition: grant freedom to; free from confinement
Main entry: free, release, unblock, unfreeze
Definition: make (assets) available
Usage: release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Antonyms: immobilise, immobilize, freeze, block
Definition: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Main entry: relieve, exempt, free
Definition: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Usage: She exempted me from the exam
Main entry: free, justify, absolve
Definition: let off the hook
Usage: I absolve you from this responsibility
Main entry: free, dislodge
Definition: remove or force out from a position
Usage: 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
Main entry: free
Definition: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
Usage: free expansion; free oxygen; a free electron
Antonyms: bound
Definition: held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
Antonyms: bound
Definition: confined by bonds
Antonyms: bound
Definition: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
Main entry: free
Definition: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
Usage: 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
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: hampered and not free; not able to act at will
Antonyms: bounce
Definition: come back after being refused
Antonyms: unclear
Definition: not clear to the mind
Antonyms: opaque
Definition: not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
Antonyms: cloudy
Definition: full of or covered with clouds
Antonyms: dependent
Definition: relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
Antonyms: subordinate, dependent
Definition: (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
Antonyms: compact
Definition: closely and firmly united or packed together
Antonyms: tight
Definition: closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Antonyms: committed
Definition: bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
Antonyms: unavailable
Definition: not available or accessible or at hand
Antonyms: restricted
Definition: subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
Antonyms: confined
Definition: not free to move about
Main entry: free
Definition: not held in servitude
Usage: after the Civil War he was a free man
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: held in servitude
Main entry: detached, free
Definition: not fixed in position
Usage: the detached shutter fell on him; he pulled his arm free and ran
Antonyms: fixed
Definition: securely placed or fastened or set
Main entry: liberal, loose, free
Definition: not literal
Usage: a loose interpretation of what she had been told; a free translation of the poem
Antonyms: exact
Definition: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
Main entry: free, destitute, devoid, barren, innocent
Definition: completely wanting or lacking
Usage: writing barren of insight; young recruits destitute of experience; innocent of literary merit; the sentence was devoid of meaning
Main entry: free
Definition: not occupied or in use
Usage: a free locker; a free lane
Antonyms: occupied
Definition: held or filled or in use
Antonyms: occupied
Definition: seized and controlled as by military invasion
Main entry: free, spare
Definition: not taken up by scheduled activities
Usage: a free hour between classes; spare time on my hands
Antonyms: occupied
Definition: held or filled or in use
Antonyms: occupied
Definition: seized and controlled as by military invasion
Main entry: complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous
Definition: costing nothing
Usage: complimentary tickets; free admission
Antonyms: paid
Definition: marked by the reception of pay