without reserve

ADJECTIVE

freely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candidly openly voluntarily willingly

WEAK

advisedly as you please at one's discretion at one's pleasure at will deliberately designedly fancy-free frankly intentionally of one's own accord of one's own free will plainly purposely spontaneously unchallenged unreservedly without hindrance without prompting without restraint without urging

Antonyms

WEAK

bound limited

ADVERB

frankly

Synonyms

STRONG

candidly

WEAK

bluntly dead level directly forthrightly freely from the hip in truth laid on the line level on the level on the line openly plainly straight straight-out straightforwardly

Antonyms

WEAK

deviously dishonestly insincerely secretively

ADVERB

openly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blatantly brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly

WEAK

aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public in the open ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely

WEAK

secretly shamefully

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without reserve

The island will be offered at an auction without reserve on 25 November.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

The Chargers also are without reserve edge rusher Chris Rumph II, who suffered a fractured foot while warming up for the Chargers’ Week 10 game against Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Kuzma shot 4 for 16 for his 15 points for the Wizards, playing without reserve Delon Wright for at least the next three weeks because of a sprained left knee.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

The Bulls, playing without reserve Javonte Green, lost another key guard when Alex Caruso sprained his right ankle with 3:11 left in the first quarter.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

I gave myself over to each novel without reserve, without trying to criticize it; it was enough for me to see and feel something different.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

without reserve

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