free spirit
noun
plural free spirits
: a person who thinks and acts in an uninhibited way without worrying about normal social rules : nonconformist
Their daughter is a real free spirit.
Von der Becke thinks of himself now as a free spirit: a sort of drug-free, hard-working hippie.—
Tim Cahill
Tim CahillHere was a man of extraordinary sensitivity, political acumen, spiritual power, and sexual wildness; a free spirit if ever there was one.—Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Examples of free spirit in a Sentence
Their daughter is a real free spirit.
an artistically inclined free spirit who felt alienated and stifled while growing up in a small town
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Olivia is more of a free spirit, and she’s made friends with the mayor of Montezara, Francesca (Violante Placido), who is beautiful, around Eric’s age and full of big plans for her little town.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The two women have somewhat opposing personalities — Dreux is a waitress who is trying her hardest to level up to being a franchise manager, and Alyssa is a painter and free spirit who is more than willing to sit back and let the universe work everything out for her.
—James Factora, Them, 17 Jan. 2025
His mother does an admirable job of trying to keep him out of trouble, even if her efforts to steer him away from the paths that kept his father out of his life strike Rico as attempts to neuter his free spirit.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
As Alyssa, an artist who falls somewhere between free spirit and flake, SZA eases into her first acting role like someone who has been doing this all along.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The two women have somewhat opposing personalities — Dreux is a waitress who is trying her hardest to level up to being a franchise manager, and Alyssa is a painter and free spirit who is more than willing to sit back and let the universe work everything out for her.
—James Factora, Them, 17 Jan. 2025
His mother does an admirable job of trying to keep him out of trouble, even if her efforts to steer him away from the paths that kept his father out of his life strike Rico as attempts to neuter his free spirit.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
As Alyssa, an artist who falls somewhere between free spirit and flake, SZA eases into her first acting role like someone who has been doing this all along.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for free spirit
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“Free spirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20spirit. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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