freedom

Main Entry:
freedom [free-duhm]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: independence, license to do as one wants
Synonyms: abandon, abandonment, ability, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein, full play, full swing, immunity, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power, prerogative, privilege, profligacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope, scope, sweep, swing, unrestraint
Antonyms: captivity, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, limitation, servitude, slavery
Main Entry: freedom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: easy attitude
Synonyms: abandon, boldness, brazenness, candor, directness, disrespect, ease, facility, familiarity, forthrightness, forwardness, frankness, impertinence, informality, ingenuousness, lack of reserve, lack of restraint, laxity, license, openness, overfamiliarity, presumption, readiness, spontaneity, unconstraint
Antonyms: difficulty, limitation, reserve, restraint, restriction
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Freedom.
Synonyms:
-nouns
freedom, liberty, independence; license (permission); facility., scope, range, latitude, play; free play, full play, free scope, full scope; free stage and no favor; swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth; Liberty Hall., franchise, denization; free man, freed man, livery man; denizen., autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade; noninterference; Monroe Doctrine [U.S.]., immunity, exemption; emancipation (liberation); enfranchisement, affranchisement., free land, freehold; allodium; frankalmoigne, mortmain., bushwhacker; freelance, free thinker, free trader; independent.
-verbs
be free; have scope, have the run of, have one's own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling; do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses; go at large, feel at home, paddle one's own canoe; stand on one's legs, stand on one's rights; shift for oneself., take a liberty; make free with, make oneself quite at home; use a freedom; take leave, take French leave., set free (liberate); give a loose to (permit); allow scope to, give scope to; give a horse his head., make free of; give the freedom of, give the franchise; enfranchise, affranchise., laisser faire, laisser aller; live and let live; leave to oneself; leave alone, let alone.
-adjectives
free, free as air; out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free; left alone, left to oneself., in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled., unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled., unrestricted, unlimited, unconditional; absolute; discretionary (optional)., unassailed, unforced, uncompelled., unbiassed, spontaneous., free and easy; at ease, at one's ease; degage, quite at home; wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished.
-adverbs
-phrases
ubi libertas ibi patria.
Antonyms: subjection
Browse Concept Index »
Main Entry: abandon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: careless disregard for consequences
Synonyms: disregard, freedom, impulse, licentiousness, recklessness, spontaneity, thoughtlessness, uninhibitedness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness
Antonyms: restraint, self-restraint
Main Entry: autonomy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: independence
Synonyms: freedom, liberty, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, sovereignty
Antonyms: dependence
Main Entry: carte blanche
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: complete authority
Synonyms: authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, full authority, full power, full power, grant, latitude, leeway, license, no holds barred, permission, power of attorney, prerogative, sanction, say, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority, warrant
Main Entry: civil rights
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: civil liberties
Synonyms: God-given rights, civil liberties, constitutional rights, freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedoms, freedoms of citizens, human rights, legal rights, natural rights, rights, rights of citizenship, unalienable rights
Main Entry: convenience
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spare time
Synonyms: chance, freedom, hour, leisure, liberty, occasion, one's own sweet time, opportunity, place, preference, spare moment, suitable time, whenever
Main Entry: democracy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: government in which people participate
Synonyms: commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage
Notes: a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region
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