unbound
5
5.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈbaʊnd/
:
libre
- Human beings are born with a natural ability to imagine, to think big, to be completely unbound and unlimited.
So yoga is the practice of becoming unbound from that which binds human beings.
- So yoga is the practice of becoming unbound from that which binds human beings.
- And so we're unbound by any moral ties prior to our choosing them.
- Stories, just the stories in prison are unbound.
Examples
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We merry band, unbound by the constraints of society and the prejudices of the common ruck.
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In the view of some feminists, to be autonomous is to be one's own law, a radically free self, unbound by anything beyond one's own moral agency.
Academic text (2005) -
For others, it meant they felt unbound by any covenant.
Academic text (1995) -
And so we're unbound by any moral ties prior to our choosing them.
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What I was is out there in your world, unbound, unstoppable.
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Her hair, unbound, hangs to her shoulders.
Fiction book (1997) -
So yoga is the practice of becoming unbound from that which binds human beings.
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Her hair is unbound and flows around her shoulders, and in a halter top and jeans, she looks delectably off-duty.
Fiction book (1991) -
Larissa stepped up on the lowest rung and leaned out, her unbound hair whipping back in the sudden breeze.
Fiction book (1992) -
The artist felt unbound as she painted, creating whatever came to her mind without limitations.
Synonyms
28
7.3
Free from limits or rules
25
7.3
Very strong feelings or actions that are not kept under control
13
5.7
Not held back and showing strong feelings or actions
8
6.8
Free from worries, duties, debts and other things that hold you back
5
6.7
Not tied to anything and able to move freely
3
6.1
Not limited or held back and able to act freely
3
4.4
Not held by chains and free to act or feel as you want
2
5.7
Free from chains or things that hold someone back
2
1.6
Free from ropes or chains and able to move
2
8.3
Free and not limited by rules
2
4.2
Not fixed to anything so it can move freely
1
4.6
Free to move forward without being stopped
1
4.1
Free to express strong feelings and ideas
1
5.3
Free to move or act without being stopped
Without walls or edges, things move freely
Not carrying heavy things
Free from something that holds you so you can move or act
Not tied, closed, or attached
Free from any tie and able to move or act freely
Free and not limited by rules or control
Free from rules or limits that stop people from acting
Not held back and showing strong feelings or energy
Has no tightness and allows free movement of air, blood, or feelings
Free and not locked up in a prison
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unbound comes from un- 'not' and bind 'to tie', so it literally means 'not tied' or free. That is why we say a person or idea is unbound when it is not held back or limited.