Meanings
present singular third person feels free · participle present feeling free · participle past felt free · past felt free
- idiomaticTo feel able without giving offense.
The co-pilot didn't feel free to speak up to the pilot in the cockpit.
- You have my permission.
While you're babysitting, feel free to open anything in the spirit cupboard.
1 more example
Throughout the week, please feel free to share your view of the Games and our discussion in our comments section. I'll be checking in regularly. Until then, thanks to all or, more appropriately, xiexie.
2008 August 4, en, quoting Christopher Clarey, “Beijing 2008 part one: The games through different lenses”, in The New York Times (Sports section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025 - You have my permission.
"Can I take a look at the draft you've prepared?" / "Feel free."
Synonyms & antonyms
as imperative, in response
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 隨時 /随时, 隨時 /随时
- 隨時 /随时 (suíshí)idiomatic, with to-infinitive
- 隨時 /随时 (suíshí)as imperative, with to-infinitive
- 請便 /请便 (qǐngbiàn)as imperative, in response
Czech klidně
- klidněas imperative, in response
Finnish voida, saada
- voidaidiomatic, with to-infinitive
- saadaas imperative, with to-infinitive
- ole hyväas imperative, in response
- olkaa hyväas imperative, in response
Hungarian úgy érzi, bátran…, nem habozik
- úgy érzi, bátran…idiomatic, with to-infinitive
- nem habozikidiomatic, with to-infinitive
- nyugodtanas imperative, with to-infinitive
- bátranas imperative, with to-infinitive
- csak nyugodtanas imperative, in response
- hogyneas imperative, in response
- természetesenas imperative, in response
- ne zavartassa magátas imperative, in response
Japanese ご遠慮なく...してください, どうぞ
- ご遠慮なく...してください (go-enryo-naku ... shite kudasai)as imperative, with to-infinitive
- どうぞ (douzo)as imperative, in response
Polish czuć się swobodnie, proszę
- czuć się swobodnieidiomatic, with to-infinitive
- proszęas imperative, with to-infinitive
- nie krępuj sięas imperative, with to-infinitive
- proszęas imperative, in response
- nie krępuj sięas imperative, in response
Portuguese te sente à vontade (tu), sinta-se à vontade (você)
- te sente à vontade (tu)as imperative, in response
- sinta-se à vontade (você)as imperative, in response
- sintam-se à vontade (vocês)as imperative, in response
Russian чу́вствовать себя́ свобо́дным, не стесня́йтесь
- чу́вствовать себя́ свобо́дным (čúvstvovatʹ sebjá svobódnym)idiomatic, with to-infinitive
- не стесня́йтесь (ne stesnjájtesʹ)as imperative, with to-infinitive
- не стесня́йся (ne stesnjájsja)as imperative, with to-infinitive
- пожа́луйста (požálujsta)as imperative, in response
- не стесня́йтесь (ne stesnjájtesʹ)as imperative, in response
- не стесня́йся (ne stesnjájsja)as imperative, in response
Vietnamese tự nhiên, tuỳ ý
- tự nhiênidiomatic, with to-infinitive
- tuỳ ýidiomatic, with to-infinitive
- thoải máiidiomatic, with to-infinitive
- tự nhiênas imperative, with to-infinitive
- tuỳ ýas imperative, with to-infinitive
- cứ tự nhiênas imperative, in response
- tuỳ ýas imperative, in response
Cite this entry
feel free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel%20free
“feel free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel%20free. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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