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free market

NOUN
capitalism
Synonyms
STRONG
commercialism competition industrialism mercantilism
WEAK
free enterprise laissez faire economics private enterprise
Antonyms
WEAK
communism
NOUN
free enterprise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
liberalism
WEAK
capitalism free competition free economy free-enterprise economy free-enterprise system open market private enterprise self-regulating market
NOUN
open market
Synonyms
WEAK
Common Market competitive market free enterprise free port free trade free trade zone open trade

Example Sentences

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But people don’t want a free market with live music.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

He addressed pro-democracy demonstrators during the city's 2014 Umbrella Movement, speaking in favour of a "free market in leadership".

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

So the advisory firms arose from a free market to offer them analysis.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

It leaves Guehi and Dayot Upamecano as options if they are to enter the free market to strengthen at centre-back - a strategy they have used several times in recent seasons.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Private enterprise was supposed to build an industrial duty-free port in Bolivia Mar. Thus far the free market has not accepted the challenge.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann