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PROPRIETARY Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word proprietary. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PROPRIETARY

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
common

adverb, adjective

adv, adj

adjective

• belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

• having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

noun

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

adjective satellite

• common to or shared by two or more parties

• commonly encountered

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

• of or associated with the great masses of people

• of low or inferior quality or value

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• to be expected; standard

free

adjective

adj

adjective

• not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

• unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

• not held in servitude

noun

• people who are free

adverb

• without restraint

adjective satellite

• costing nothing

• not occupied or in use

• not fixed in position

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• completely wanting or lacking

• not literal

verb

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• relieve from

• remove or force out from a position

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• make (information) available for publication

• free from obligations or duties

• free or remove obstruction from

• let off the hook

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

general

adjective

adj

adjective

• applying to all or most members of a category or group

• affecting the entire body

noun

• a general officer of the highest rank

• the head of a religious order or congregation

• a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

adjective satellite

• not specialized or limited to one class of things

• prevailing among and common to the general public

• somewhat indefinite

• of worldwide scope or applicability

verb

• command as a general

open

verb, adjective

v, adj

adjective

• 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

noun

• 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

adjective satellite

• 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

verb

• 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

public

noun, adjective

n, adj

adjective

• not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

noun

• people in general considered as a whole

• a body of people sharing some common interest

adjective satellite

• affecting the people or community as a whole

shared

verb, adjective

v, adj

adjective

• have in common; held or experienced in common

adjective satellite

• distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

universal

adjective

adj

noun

• (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

• (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class

• a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings

• coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions

adjective satellite

• of worldwide scope or applicability

• applicable to or common to all members of a group or set

• adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations

unrestricted

adjective

adj

adjective

• not subject to or subjected to restriction

adjective satellite

• free of restrictions on conduct

• not restricted or exclusive

• not restricted or modified in meaning

• never having had security classification

nonproprietary

adjective

adj

adjective

• not protected by trademark or patent or copyright

Alternatives for COMMON

Words (19)

Alternatives for FREE

Words (37)
Phrases (5)

Alternatives for GENERAL

Words (9)
Phrases (2)

Alternatives for OPEN

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Phrases (4)

Alternatives for PUBLIC

Words (13)

Alternatives for SHARED

Words (18)
Phrases (3)

Alternatives for UNIVERSAL

Words (7)
Phrases (3)

Alternatives for UNRESTRICTED

Words (15)