| free agent |
a professional athlete, such as a baseball player, who is free to contract to play for any team. |
| free and easy |
casual and unconstrained. |
| free-associate |
to participate in free association. |
| free association |
a psychoanalytic technique for discovering repressed thoughts and emotions, in which the patient talks spontaneously about whatever comes to mind. [2 definitions] |
| freebase |
a refined form of cocaine for smoking. [2 definitions] |
| freebie |
(informal) something given or received free, such as a theater ticket. |
| freeboard |
the distance on a cargo ship between the water line and the highest watertight deck or the upper edge of the side of the hull. [2 definitions] |
| freebooter |
one who plunders, esp. at sea; pirate. |
| freeborn |
born free rather than in slavery or captivity. [2 definitions] |
| free city |
a city having its own sovereign government under international control. |
| freedman |
one who has been released from slavery. |
| freedom |
liberty from imprisonment or enslavement. [9 definitions] |
| freedom fighter |
a person who participates in armed rebellion against an established government, with the expressed aim of freeing the people from oppression. |
| freedom of the press |
the right to publish newspapers, magazines, books, and the like without governmental interference or censorship. |
| free enterprise |
the notion that a capitalist economy does not require government support or intervention, but can regulate itself through the relationships of supply and demand in a freely competitive market. |
| free-fall |
the unconstrained fall of a body within a gravitational field. [2 definitions] |
| free-fire zone |
a military area in which anyone or anything can be shot or bombed. |
| free flight |
the flight or any part a flight, as of an airplane or rocket, that occurs without a means of propulsion. |
| freefloating |
lacking a connection, commitment, or focus. [2 definitions] |
| free-for-all |
a quarrel, fight, or competition with no restrictions on participation or rules of conduct. |
| free-form |
having an irregular, often curvilinear contour or shape, esp. in graphic design or abstract art. [2 definitions] |