FREE-RANGE Synonyms

• free from traditional social restraints

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination

• free from traditional social restraints

• affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

• affording free passage or access

• used of mouth or eyes

• (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints

• ready or willing to receive favorably

• open and observable; not secret or hidden

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• where the air is unconfined

• a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play

• information that has become public

• with no protection or shield

• open to or in view of all

• not having been filled

• accessible to all

• not defended or capable of being defended

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• having no protecting cover or enclosure

• not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

• not sealed or having been unsealed

• without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

• not requiring union membership

• possibly accepting or permitting

• affording free passage or view

• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

• ready for business

• cause to open or to become open

• start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

• become open

• begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• make available

• become available

• have an opening or passage or outlet

• make the opening move

• afford access to

• display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

• not confined

• free from confinement or physical restraint

• not being under control; out of control

• not bound by shackles and chains

• not slowed or blocked or interfered with

• not held in check or subject to control

• not inhibited or restrained

• having no limits in range or scope

• without reservation or exception

• that cannot be entirely consumed or used up

• free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance

• not subject to restraint

• marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

• not subject to or subjected to restriction

• free of restrictions on conduct

• not restricted or exclusive

• not restricted or modified in meaning

• never having had security classification

• not confined or limited