freedom

Other forms of freedom

plural

freedoms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about freedom

What does freedom mean?

freedom means "the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in freedom?

freedom has 2 syllables: free-dom. The stress falls on "free". In IPA it is /ˈfɹidəm/.

What is another word for freedom?

Close synonyms include exemption. 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 freedom a common word?

freedom is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.