freelance
- adjective
- /ˈfriːlæns/
- - Who are you? - I'm a freelance journalist.
- a freelance writer
- freelance work
- a freelance journalist
And yeah, I'm, I'm just, I'm freelance, so I'm kind of all over the place.
- And yeah, I'm, I'm just, I'm freelance, so I'm kind of all over the place.
- It might not be forever, but you're going to do your own thing freelance, start your own product line, start making stuff.
- They asked me to come and speak on behalf of social media and talk about it's like to be an artist, a freelance artist and someone on YouTube and Instagram.
- And bruh, he's out there just working freelance in his own skin.
- But the way the normal Hollywood studio works is that each of these films is a freelance situation.
Examples
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Lori A. May is a freelance writer, instructor, and the author of four books.
Academic text (2011) -
I forgot you guys are freelance artists.
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You will be engaged on a freelance basis, Job by job.
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Or maybe a few nice, safe freelance writing projects I can tackle at home.
Fiction book (1997) -
And so then you move to New York City, right, where you're working as a freelance makeup artist.
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Pat McNees was an experienced freelance journalist when she received her first commissioned contract for a biography.
Academic text (2008) -
It's almost a rite of passage for aspiring freelance travel writers to start by writing for regional travel magazines.
Academic text (2011) -
She works as a freelance designer, taking on projects from various clients.
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As a freelance photographer, he travels frequently to cover different events.
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Many writers prefer being freelance because it offers them more flexibility in choosing assignments.
Synonyms
A person who works for themselves and runs their own business
Working in short, temporary jobs for different people
Antonyms
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word freelance comes from free ('not tied') and lance ('spear'), giving the image of someone who sells their work to different people. That's why freelance describes work done independently for various clients instead of for a single employer.