Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Without paying; free.
We got all our food for free, it was included in the contract.
1 more example
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free
1973, Billy Joel, “Piano Man”, Billy Joel (music), performed by Billy JoelSynonyms: free of charge, gratis, on the house
- figurativelyWithout effort; as a useful side-effect of something that was to be done anyway.
When they fixed that one bug, we got this new software feature for free.
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseWithout paying; free.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwithout charge
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Translations
Ancient Greek δωρεάν
- δωρεάν (dōreán)without paying
Arabic مَجَّانًا, بلاش
- مَجَّانًا (majjānan)without paying
- بلاش (balāš)without paying
Bulgarian безпла́тно
- безпла́тно (bezplátno)without paying
Catalan de franc, d’arròs
- de francwithout paying
- d’arròswithout paying
- gratiswithout paying
Chinese Cantonese 免費 /免费
- 免費 /免费 (min⁵ fai³)without paying
Chinese Mandarin 免費 /免费
- 免費 /免费 (miǎnfèi)without paying
Czech zdarma, zadarmo
- zdarmawithout paying
- zadarmowithout paying
- bezplatněwithout paying
Danish gratis
- gratiswithout paying
Dutch gratis
- gratiswithout paying
Esperanto senpage
- senpagewithout paying
Finnish ilmaiseksi
- ilmaiseksiwithout paying
French gratuitement, gratis
- gratuitementwithout paying
- gratiswithout paying
- à l'œilwithout paying
German kostenlos, gratis
- kostenloswithout paying
- gratiswithout paying
- für lauwithout paying
- umsonstwithout paying
Greek δωρεάν
- δωρεάν (doreán)without paying
Hebrew חינם
- חינם (khinám)without paying
Hindi निःशुल्क, मुफ़्त
- निःशुल्क (niḥśulk)without paying
- मुफ़्त (muft)without paying
Hungarian ingyenesen, ingyen
- ingyenesenwithout paying
- ingyenwithout paying
- díjmentesenwithout paying
- térítésmentesenwithout paying
Indonesian gratis, cuma-cuma
- gratiswithout paying
- cuma-cumawithout paying
Irish in aisce
- in aiscewithout paying
Italian gratis, a ufo
- gratiswithout paying
- a ufowithout paying
Japanese 無料, 無料で
- 無料 (muryō)without paying
- 無料で (muryō de)without paying
Korean 공짜로
- 공짜로 (gongjja-ro)without paying
Latin grātīs
- grātīswithout paying
Latvian par brīvu, bezmaksas
- par brīvuwithout paying
- bezmaksaswithout paying
Malay percuma
- percumawithout paying
Māori utukore
- utukorewithout paying
Norwegian Bokmål gratis
- gratiswithout paying
Persian مفت
- مفت (moft)without paying
Polish bezpłatnie, darmo
- bezpłatniewithout paying
- darmowithout paying
- za darmowithout paying
- gratiswithout paying
- darmowowithout paying
- nieodpłatniewithout paying
Portuguese de graça, grátis
- de graçawithout paying
- grátiswithout paying
Romanian gratis, pe gratis
- gratiswithout paying
- pe gratiswithout paying
Russian беспла́тно, да́ром
- беспла́тно (besplátno)without paying
- да́ром (dárom)without paying
- зада́ром (zadárom)without paying
- на халя́ву (na xaljávu)without paying
- задарма́ (zadarmá)without paying
Scottish Gaelic an-asgaidh, gun stuth (Islay)
- an-asgaidhwithout paying
- gun stuth (Islay)without paying
Slovak zadarmo
- zadarmowithout paying
Spanish de balde, de momio
- de baldewithout paying
- de momiowithout paying
Swedish gratis
- gratiswithout paying
Turkish ücretsiz
- ücretsizwithout paying
Ukrainian безкошто́вно
- безкошто́вно (bezkoštóvno)without paying
Urdu مفت
- مفت (muft)without paying
Vietnamese miễn phí
- miễn phíwithout paying
Welsh am ddim
- am ddimwithout paying
Yiddish בחינם
- בחינם (bekhinem)without paying
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“for free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20free. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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