Meanings
nounfree time (uncountable)
- uncountableTime when one is not working.
I love to play football in my free time.
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If you have some free time tomorrow, let’s go and watch a film.
Synonyms: spare time, leisure time, leisure, downtime, idle time
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTime when one is not working.
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Translations
Afrikaans vrye tyd
- vrye tydtime when one is not working
Ancient Greek σχολή
- σχολή (skholḗ)time when one is not working
Arabic رَاحَة, خُلُو مِنَ الْعَمَل
- رَاحَة (rāḥa)time when one is not working
- خُلُو مِنَ الْعَمَل (ḵulū mina l-ʕamal)time when one is not working
- فَرَاغ (farāḡ)time when one is not working
- وَقْت الْفَرَاغ (waqt al-farāḡ)time when one is not working
Bulgarian свобо́дно вре́ме
- свобо́дно вре́ме (svobódno vréme)time when one is not working
Catalan oci, temps lliure
- ocitime when one is not working
- temps lliuretime when one is not working
Chinese Mandarin 空閑 /空闲, 閑空 /闲空
- 空閑 /空闲 (kòngxián)time when one is not working
- 閑空 /闲空 (xiánkòng)time when one is not working
- 閑暇 /闲暇 (xiánxiá)time when one is not working
- 餘暇 /余暇 (yúxiá)time when one is not working
- 餘閑 /余闲 (yúxián)time when one is not working
- 空兒 /空儿 (kòngr)time when one is not working
Czech volný čas
- volný častime when one is not working
Danish fritid
- fritidtime when one is not working
Dutch vrije tijd
- vrije tijdtime when one is not working
Finnish vapaa-aika
- vapaa-aikatime when one is not working
French temps libre, loisir
- temps libretime when one is not working
- loisirtime when one is not working
German Freizeit
- Freizeittime when one is not working
Greek ελεύθερος χρόνος
- ελεύθερος χρόνος (eléftheros chrónos)time when one is not working
Hebrew פְּנַאי
- פְּנַאי (p'náy)time when one is not working
Hungarian szabadidő
- szabadidőtime when one is not working
Italian tempo libero, tempi morti
- tempo liberotime when one is not working
- tempi mortitime when one is not working
Japanese 余暇, 閑暇
- 余暇 (yoka)time when one is not working
- 閑暇 (kanka)time when one is not working
- 閑散 (kansan)time when one is not working
- 暇 (hima)time when one is not working
Korean 여가
- 여가 (yeoga)time when one is not working
Latin ōtium
- ōtiumtime when one is not working
Malay masa lapang, masa lega
- masa lapangtime when one is not working
- masa legatime when one is not working
Norwegian Bokmål fritid
- fritidtime when one is not working
Polish czas wolny, wolne
- czas wolnytime when one is not working
- wolnetime when one is not working
- labatime when one is not working
Portuguese folga, tempo livre
- folgatime when one is not working
- tempo livretime when one is not working
Romanian timp liber, răgaz
- timp libertime when one is not working
- răgaztime when one is not working
Russian свобо́дное вре́мя, досу́г
- свобо́дное вре́мя (svobódnoje vrémja)time when one is not working
- досу́г (dosúg)time when one is not working
Slovak voľný čas
- voľný častime when one is not working
Spanish tiempo libre, ocio
- tiempo libretime when one is not working
- ociotime when one is not working
- tiempo ociotime when one is not working
Swedish fritid
- fritidtime when one is not working
Turkish boş zaman, boş zamanlar
- boş zamantime when one is not working
- boş zamanlartime when one is not working
Ukrainian ві́льний час
- ві́льний час (vílʹnyj čas)time when one is not working
Cite this entry
APA
free time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20time
MLA
“free time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “free time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20time.
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