FREE SPIRIT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

free spirit

noun

Definition of free spirit

as in bohemian

a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs an artistically inclined free spirit who felt alienated and stifled while growing up in a small town

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Recent Examples of free spirit The 80-year-old actress always brings the party, and her daughter, Kate Hudson, couldn’t help but document her free spirit in the cutest video. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026 Rachel is a free spirit who has moved her kids around every time a relationship goes south, and the film opens with a move to a small town in Massachusetts. — David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 2026 Baez’s sister described her brother as a free spirit who wandered up and down the East Coast, from Florida to his home state of Massachusetts, where his two children live with their mother. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026 But art must be an expression of man’s free spirit. — Jessica George, JSTOR Daily, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for free spirit

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Noun

The two were photographed together backstage at Nelson’s Fourth of July concert this year, and the country maverick features in a new Talarico online campaign video.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Naomi, a maverick environmental lawyer; her husband, banker Amaré; and their longtime friend Raheem, who works as an auto mechanic.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of maverick

Noun

The desperate situation usually has an alternative, if only the lone ranger would tolerate his own vulnerability and fallibility.

— Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2021
Kaneland pitcher Emilee Erickson, wearing a protective face mask in Friday’s Class 3A state semifinal, was no lone ranger.

— Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 9 June 2018

Definition of lone ranger

Noun

Yeah, Sam has been a lone wolf, sort of a samurai, traveling the world on very high-stakes solo missions in all parts of the globe in dangerous hotspots.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
However, Rhea left a GIF of a lone wolf on one of Moreno’s TikTok videos less than two weeks after the series wrapped.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of lone wolf

Noun

Lantink has been enjoying the support of fashion’s original enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026
In the kind of career-making scandal that many young artists dream of, Sachs, who was born in Manhattan, grew up in Connecticut, and studied art at Bennington College, became the city’s newest enfant terrible.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of enfant terrible

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