free-lance

Questions about free-lance

What does free-lance mean?

free-lance means "working for yourself". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in free-lance?

free-lance has 2 syllables and divides as free--lance 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.

What is another word for free-lance?

Close synonyms include freelance, self-employed, mercenary, freelance, freelancer. 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-lance a common word?

free-lance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.