freelanceadjective, adverb
uk/ˈfriː.lɑːns/us/ˈfriː.læns/doing particular pieces of work for different organizations, rather than working all the time for a single organization:
Most of the journalists I know are/work freelance.
a freelance artist
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Types of employment
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- at the coalface idiom
- backroom boys
- blue-collar
- clerk
- honorary
- managerial
- menial
- NEET
- off-duty
- office junior
- probation
- professionally
- short time
- skilled
- slave labour
- subcontractor
- sweated
- wilderness
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freelancenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfriː.lɑːns/us/ˈfriː.læns/also freelancer UKsomeone who does particular pieces of work for different organizations, rather than working all the time for a single organization:
The firm employs several freelances.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Types of employment
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- at the coalface idiom
- backroom boys
- blue-collar
- clerk
- honorary
- managerial
- menial
- NEET
- off-duty
- office junior
- probation
- professionally
- short time
- skilled
- slave labour
- subcontractor
- sweated
- wilderness
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freelanceverb [ I ]
uk/ˈfriː.lɑːns/us/ˈfriː.læns/to do pieces of work for different organizations, rather than working all the time for a single organization:
I would rather freelance from home than work in an office.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Types of employment
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- at the coalface idiom
- backroom boys
- blue-collar
- clerk
- honorary
- managerial
- menial
- NEET
- off-duty
- office junior
- probation
- professionally
- short time
- skilled
- slave labour
- subcontractor
- sweated
- wilderness
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