Synonyms for unfettered


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-fet-er
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfɛt ər


Définition of unfettered

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from un- (2) "opposite of" + fetter (v.). The figurative sense is recorded from late 14c. Related: Unfettered; unfettering.
  • adj unburdened
Example sentences :
  • He is a lover of truth, and advocates the only way to arrive at it, which is by unfettered thought.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • The Word of God might be useful in its way, but only as studied with unfettered thought.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • His will, like his imagination, wanders free and unfettered.
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • All of this has been accomplished since the energies of men were unfettered.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • As for the third, he was wounded, though not badly, and we left him unfettered.
  • Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • She walked, as always, with the elastic resilience of unfettered youth.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • He knew too much, and was obviously too clever, to be allowed to go about unfettered.
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • "The last evening of my free, unfettered existence has drawn on," she wrote.
  • Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
  • These things are left to the unfettered choice of individuals.
  • Extract from : « The Subjection of Women » by John Stuart Mill
  • She held out her hands, and he saw at a glance that her fingers were unfettered.
  • Extract from : « Macaria » by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

Antonyms for unfettered

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