free state

Questions about free state

What does free state mean?

free state means "a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for free state?

Close synonyms include Maryland, Old Line State, MD, Md., Orange Free State. 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.

What is the opposite of free state?

The recorded antonyms are slave state.

Is free state a common word?

free state is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.