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Freedom Rider any of the American civil rights activists who participated in the Freedom Rides, which highlighted and challenged racial discrimination in the United States in the early 1960s. Freedom Riders made bus trips through southern states, demonstrating that public facilities that should have been desegregated according to law were not in fact desegregated. Freedom Riders encountered intense violence along their journeys and many suffered arrest by the police.
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, esp. with respect to a doctrine, party, or cause. [3 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]
free gold gold of the U.S. treasury whose use is not restricted to the redemption of gold certificates. [2 definitions]
freehand by hand without guidelines or guiding implements.
free-handed giving generously; open-handed. [3 definitions]
freehold legal tenure of an estate in fee or for life, or the estate so held. [2 definitions]
freelance a person who earns a living by taking on a variety of assignments, often completed at home, for a variety of employers and generally without long-term commitments. [6 definitions]
freelancer a person whose profession involves taking on various assignments from different employers, generally for short periods.
free-living freely indulging desires and appetites, as for food, drink, or sex, as a way of life.
freeload (informal) to take food, lodging, entertainment, or the like at someone else's expense and usu. to his or her disadvantage.
free lunch (informal) something obtained for nothing.
freeman one who is free, and not a slave or serf. [2 definitions]
free market a market in which buying and selling is theoretically conducted without restriction. [2 definitions]
Freemason a member of an international fraternal society that has as its aim the encouraging of mutual aid, brotherly love, and charitable acts. [2 definitions]
Freemasonry the principles, rites, and practices of Freemasons. [2 definitions]