FREE SPIRIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does free spirit mean? 

• FREE SPIRIT (noun)
  The noun FREE SPIRIT has 1 sense:

1. someone acting freely or even irresponsibly

  Familiarity information: FREE SPIRIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREE SPIRIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

free agent; free spirit; freewheeler

Hypernyms ("free spirit" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free spirit"):

free-liver (someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom)

 Context examples 

“He is a free spirit surely,” I answered; and, taking her hand, I led her on deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Yes,” she said, “but now it no longer shackles him. He is a free spirit.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But Lucifer was a free spirit.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)