freedom

[free-duhm] / ˈfri dəm /

NOUN

independence, license to do as one wants

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability exemption flexibility immunity opportunity power privilege right

STRONG

abandon abandonment bent compass discretion facility indulgence latitude laxity leeway liberty margin play prerogative profligacy range rein rope scope sweep swing unrestraint

WEAK

carte blanche elbowroom free rein full play full swing laissez faire own accord plenty of rope rampancy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impotence inability incompetence responsibility weakness

STRONG

extreme restraint

WEAK

captivity confinement difficulty imprisonment incarceration limitation reserve restriction servitude slavery subjection subordination suppression

NOUN

political independence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

autonomy citizenship democracy emancipation exemption immunity liberation privilege release relief self-determination self-government sovereignty

STRONG

abolition abolitionism autarchy deliverance delivery discharge disengagement enfranchisement franchise impunity liberty manumission parole prerogative probation rescue salvage salvation

WEAK

disimprisonment extriction home rule representative government

Antonyms

STRONGEST

responsibility

STRONG

hold imprisonment incarceration restraint retention

WEAK

captivity confinement difficulty government limitation reserve restriction servitude slavery subjection subordination suppression

NOUN

easy attitude

Synonyms

STRONG

abandon boldness brazenness candor directness disrespect ease facility familiarity forthrightness forwardness frankness impertinence informality ingenuousness laxity license openness presumption readiness spontaneity unconstraint

WEAK

lack of reserve lack of restraint overfamiliarity

Antonyms

STRONG

difficulty humility

WEAK

limitation reserve restraint restriction suppression

Example Sentences

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So as an actor I love the freedom of just being there to serve the story.

From Los Angeles Times

Before his arrest, the church was known for having led petitions calling for religious freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pace Mr. Miller, it didn’t advocate freedom for the sake of freedom, or elections as a good in themselves, even if the overwrought text of Mr. Bush’s Second Inaugural address lent itself to that parody.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or, according to an erratic transactional logic in which force would no longer serve freedom but replace it, an allied nation: Denmark, whose Greenland he covets?

From The Wall Street Journal

In childhood Agathe was her sister’s caretaker, but at 15 she abruptly left for the United States, a claim for freedom that Agathe also recognizes as an abandonment.

From The Wall Street Journal

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