free hand

1. 1.

   freedom to do as you see fit

   “many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack”

   Synonymsblank check

   Broaderfreedom

Questions about free hand

What does free hand mean?

free hand means "freedom to do as you see fit".

What is another word for free hand?

Close synonyms include blank check. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is free hand a common word?

free hand 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.