Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for free-wheeling.

free-wheeling

ADJECTIVE
free
Synonyms
STRONGEST
able at large clear easy independent loose open unfettered unrestricted
STRONG
allowed disengaged escaped familiar forward frank liberal liberated permitted relaxed
WEAK
at liberty casual fancy-free footloose free-spirited informal lax off the hook on one's own on the loose unattached uncommitted unconfined unconstrained unengaged unhampered unimpeded unobstructed unregulated untrammeled
Antonyms
STRONGEST
blocked closed repressed restricted strict
STRONG
reserved
WEAK
confined limited restrained suppressed
ADJECTIVE
nonpartisan
Synonyms
STRONGEST
independent neutral nonaligned unbiased uninvolved
STRONG
fair objective
WEAK
detached equitable indifferent just middle-of-the-road nondiscriminatory on one's own on-the-fence playing it cool unaffected unaffiliated unbigoted uncolored unimplicated uninfluenced unprejudiced
Antonyms
STRONGEST
biased prejudiced
STRONG
partial unfair
WEAK
decided partisan political

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The set-up changed a little - with Wilson taking over guitar duties - but their free-wheeling, anything goes approach was set in stone.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

But for Beijing, which likes to carefully choreograph such events to avoid any possibility of embarrassment, Trump's free-wheeling style is proving a challenge.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

“They haven’t asked me to do anything in a month and a half, nothing, zero,” Soboroff said Tuesday in a free-wheeling, 90-minute exit interview with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Now they're meeting at Mar-a-Lago in free-wheeling gab sessions around the golf course and the dining-room tables.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024

Such an arrangement is however mechanically impossible without some complicated free-wheeling device between the drive and the escapement, and its only effect would be to oscillate the angel rapidly rather than turn it steadily.

From On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass by Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla)