Synonyms of liberated

liberated 1 of 2

adjective

as in freed

Related Words

• freed
• released
• delivered
• quit
• unburdened
• disencumbered
• shut (of)
• free
• unhampered
• unimpeded

Dissimilar Words

• handicapped
• hindered
• encumbered
• hobbled

liberated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of liberate

1

as in released

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freed
• released
• rescued
• emancipated
• saved
• enfranchised
• loosened
• enlarged
• loosed
• manumitted
• unbound
• turned loose
• discharged
• sprang
• unchained
• disenthralled
• unfettered
• uncaged
• paroled
• redeemed
• ransomed
• extricated
• disengaged
• bailed (out)
• disentangled
• delivered
• unshackled
• disencumbered
• disembarrassed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confined
• bound
• restrained
• fettered
• imprisoned
• shackled
• handcuffed
• incarcerated
• committed
• enchained
• locked (up)
• jailed
• interned
• enslaved
• conquered
• subjugated
• manacled
• subdued
• trammeled
• immured

2

as in saved

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freed
• saved
• redeemed
• released
• rescued
• extricated
• disengaged
• disentangled
• cut loose
• cleared
• untangled
• disembarrassed
• unburdened
• delivered
• disencumbered
• untied
• unraveled
• disburdened
• untwined
• unsnarled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hampered
• hindered
• blocked
• impeded
• loaded
• obstructed
• entangled
• weighed
• embroiled
• burdened
• encumbered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of liberated

Adjective

In 2016, Brexiteers imagined that other European countries would follow their example and cheerily recover absolute sovereignty as liberated nation-states. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Patrons unwilling to feel quite so liberated can leave their bathrobes on all evening long, Hart says. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

Verb

The capital of Luxembourg was liberated on September 10, 1944, but Grand Duchess Charlotte was able to return home a few months later, on April 14, 1945. — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Indeed, by then, the hypnotic spell had been cast across all of Europe, including on those liberated from the drab tyrannies of actually existing socialism. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026