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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | chargeless, complimentary, costless, for nothing, gratis, spontaneous, unasked-for, unpaid, voluntary, willing |
| Notes: | grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause |
| Antonyms: | costly, expensive |
| Main Entry: | baseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without substantiation |
| Synonyms: | bottomless, flimsy, foundationless, gratuitous, groundless, reasonless, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, unfounded, ungrounded, unjustifiable, unjustified, unsubstantiated, unsupported, untenable, unwarranted |
| Antonyms: | based |
| Main Entry: | complimentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | as a perk, chargeless, comp, costless, courtesy, donated, free lunch, free of charge, gratis, gratuitous, honorary, on the house |
| Notes: | something is complimentary when it has the property embodied in such an expression; complementary describes an addition that produces completeness or perfection in something |
| Antonyms: | for sale |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without charge |
| Synonyms: | chargeless, comp, complimentary, costless, for love, for nothing, free of cost, free ride, freebie, gratis, gratuitous, handout, on the cuff, on the house, paper*, unpaid, unrecompensed |
| Antonyms: | costly, expensive, high-priced, priced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gratis |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | as a gift, chargeless, complimentary, costless, for love, for nothing, free of charge, free ride, freebie, freely given, gratuitous, on someone, on the house, unpaid for, without charge, without recompense |
| Antonyms: | costly, expensive |
| Main Entry: | groundless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without reason, justification |
| Synonyms: | baseless, bottomless, causeless, chimerical, empty, false, flimsy, foundationless, gratuitous, idle, illogical, illusory, imaginary, unauthorized, uncalled-for, unfounded, unjustified, unprovoked, unsupported, unwarranted |
| Antonyms: | called-for, grounded, justified, proven, reasonable, warranted |
| Main Entry: | inordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive, extravagant |
| Synonyms: | disproportionate, dizzying, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, gratuitous, immoderate, intemperate, irrational, outrageous, overindulgent, overmuch, preposterous, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, too much, towering, uncalled-for, unconscionable, uncurbed, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, unrestrained, untempered, unwarranted, wanton, wasteful |
| Antonyms: | moderate, ok enough, reasonable, warranted |
| Main Entry: | merciless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, callous, compassionless, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, fierce, gratuitous, grim, hard, hardhearted, harsh, hatchet job, having a killer instinct, implacable, inexorable, inhumane, iron-fisted, mean machine, mortal, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, unappeasable, uncalled-for, unfeeling, unflinching, unforgiving, unmerciful, unpitying, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, unyielding, wanton |
| Antonyms: | giving, kind, merciful, nice, sparing, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | mindless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oblivious, stupid; automatic |
| Synonyms: | asinine, brutish, careless, daydreaming, foolish, forgetful, gratuitous, heedless, idiotic, imbecilic, inattentive, mooning, moony, moronic, neglectful, negligent, nitwitted, obtuse, out, out of it, rash, senseless, silly, simple, spaced-out, thoughtless, unaware, unintelligent, unmindful, unthinking, witless |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, mindful, thinking, thoughtful |
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