laissez-faire

1. 1.

   with minimally restricted freedom in commerce

   Synonymsindividualistic

   Similarcapitalistic

Questions about laissez-faire

What does laissez-faire mean?

laissez-faire means "with minimally restricted freedom in commerce".

How many syllables are in laissez-faire?

laissez-faire has 3 syllables and divides as lais-sez--faire 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 laissez-faire?

Close synonyms include individualistic. 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.