fancy-free

1. 1.

   having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree

   “a fancy-free bachelor”

   Similaruncommitted

Questions about fancy-free

What does fancy-free mean?

fancy-free means "having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree".

How many syllables are in fancy-free?

fancy-free has 3 syllables and divides as fan-cy--free under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is fancy-free a common word?

fancy-free is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.