free spiritnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌfriː ˈspɪr.ɪt/us/ˌfriː ˈspɪr.ət/a person who does what they want with enjoyment and pleasure and does not feel limited by the usual rules of social behaviour
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Freedom to act
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous
- autonomy
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- free hand
- free rein idiom
- free time
- free will
- free-form
- hold
- independent
- indie
- liberty
- me time
- no holds barred idiom
- no holds barred
- paddle your own canoe idiom
- permissive
- volunteer
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Examples from literature
- All free spirits ought to congregate on an occasion like this to do homage to the greatness of America as illustrated by the greatness of her sons.
- But you and Karl—such mates—the only free spirits I know!
- Doctors obtain an enormous sense of self-importance at medical school, where they proudly endured the high pressure weeding out of any free spirit unwilling to grind away into the night for seven or more years.
- He has every appearance of the truly free spirit, but he is secretly dependent on that against which he is fighting.