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freedom - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence, license to do as one wants |
| Synonyms: | abandon, ability, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein*, immunity, indulgence, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, play, power, prerogative, privilege, range, rein, right, rope*, scope, sweep, swing, abandonment, elbowroom*, full play, full swing, laissez faire, own accord, plenty of rope, profligacy, rampancy, unrestraint |
| Antonyms: | captivity, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, limitation, servitude, slavery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political independence |
| Synonyms: | abolition, autonomy, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, emancipation, exemption, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, rescue, salvage, salvation, sovereignty, abolitionism, autarchy, citizenship, disengagement, disimprisonment, enfranchisement, extriction, representative government, self-determination, self-government |
| Antonyms: | communism, government, subordination, suppression, subjection |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy attitude |
| Synonyms: | abandon, boldness, candor, disrespect, ease, facility, familiarity, forwardness, frankness, impertinence, laxity, license, presumption, readiness, spontaneity, brazenness, directness, forthrightness, informality, ingenuousness, lack of reserve, lack of restraint, openness, overfamiliarity, unconstraint |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, limitation, reserve, restraint, restriction |
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | careless disregard for consequences |
| Synonyms: | disregard, freedom, impulse, recklessness, spontaneity, thoughtlessness, licentiousness, uninhibitedness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | restraint, self-restraint |
| Main Entry: | autonomy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence |
| Synonyms: | freedom, liberty, sovereignty, self-determination, self-government, self-rule |
| Antonyms: | dependence |
| Main Entry: | carte blanche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete authority |
| Synonyms: | authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, grant, latitude, leeway, license, permission, prerogative, sanction, say, warrant, full authority, full power, full power, no holds barred, power of attorney, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority |
| Main Entry: | civil rights |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | civil liberties |
| Synonyms: | freedom, freedom of speech, human rights, God-given rights, civil liberties, constitutional rights, freedom of religion, freedoms, freedoms of citizens, legal rights, natural rights, rights, rights of citizenship, unalienable rights |
| Main Entry: | democracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, emancipation, equality, freedom, justice, republic, suffrage, egalitarianism, equalitarianism, liberal government, representative government |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region |
| Main Entry: | dismissal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, banishment, bounce, cold shoulder*, deportation, deposition, discharge, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expulsion, freedom, freeing, layoff, liberation, marching orders*, notice, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip*, removal, suspension, brush-off, congé, deposal, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, expatriation, housecleaning, kiss-off, old heave-ho, relegation |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, appointment, employment, retention, welcome, hiring, maintainance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downtime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time during which an activity is stopped |
| Synonyms: | break, breathing spell, free time, freedom, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on one's hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill |
| Main Entry: | elbow room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room to maneuver |
| Synonyms: | breathing space, clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, license, margin, play, room, space |
| Main Entry: | escape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking away; getaway |
| Synonyms: | avoidance, beat, bolt, break, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, evasion, evasiveness, flight, freedom, leave, liberation, out, outbreak, powder, release, rescue, retreat, slip, spring, withdrawal, AWOL, abdication, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, eschewal, extrication, fadeout, hegira, lam, runaround, shunning, sidestepping |
| Antonyms: | capture, maintenance, stay |
| Main Entry: | franchise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, right |
| Synonyms: | authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote |
| Main Entry: | free will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free choice |
| Synonyms: | assent, choice, conation, consent, desire, determination, discretion, free choice, free decision, freedom, inclination, intention, mind, one's discretion, one's own choice, one's own will, option, own say so, own sweet way, person's full intent and purpose, pleasure, power, say so, velleity, volition, voluntary decision, willingness, wish |
| Antonyms: | responsibility |
| Main Entry: | immunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege, exemption |
| Synonyms: | amnesty, charter, exoneration, franchise, freedom, impunity, indemnity, liberty, license, prerogative, protection, release, resistance, right, invulnerability |
| Antonyms: | responsibility, susceptibility, defenselessness, vulnerability |
| Main Entry: | leisure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free time and its activities |
| Synonyms: | chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, one's own sweet time, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments, spare time, time, time off*, unemployment, vacant hour, vacation |
| Antonyms: | employment, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, fighting chance*, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack* |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | permission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization, consent |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, avowal, carte blanche*, concession, concurrence, dispensation, endorsement, freedom, imprimatur, indulgence, leave, liberty, license, okay, permit, privilege, promise, recognition, rubber stamp*, sanction, tolerance, verification, warrant, canonization, condonance, condonation, empowerment, letting, sanctification, stamp of approval, sufferance, toleration |
| Antonyms: | denial, prohibition, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | privilege |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, due |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, appanage, appurtenance, authority, authorization, benefit, birthright, boon, chance, charter, claim, concession, event, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, grant, immunity, liberty, license, opportunity, perquisite, prerogative, right, sanction, entitlement |
| Antonyms: | detriment, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | safety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection from harm |
| Synonyms: | assurance, asylum, cover, defense, freedom, immunity, refuge, sanctuary, security, shelter, impregnability, inviolability, invulnerability, safeness |
| Antonyms: | danger, exposure, jeopardy, vulnerability |
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