Meanings
free world1
alternative Free World
- collectivegovernmentCollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or Communist states.
Meronym: Western Bloc
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Holonyms: world, World
Near-synonym: First World
My friends, we are confronted with a serious situation. But it is typical of the security problems of the world today. Powerful and aggressive forces are constantly probing, now here, now there, to see whether the free world is weakened. In the face of this, there are no easy choices available. It is misleading for anyone to imply that there are. However, the present situation, though serious, is by no means desperate or hopeless.
1958, President Dwight Eisenhower, 3:06 from the start, in President Eisenhower Speaks On The Formosa Situation (1958), British Pathé[John F. Kennedy] noted the difficult politics of sustaining foreign assistance but called it essential to America’s role as leader of the free world.
2025 February 9, Ben Rhodes, “This Isn’t the Donald Trump America Elected”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: First World
- literallyThose who are free (not incarcerated, institutionalized, etc.) collectively.
Young country boy, doing time here in Texas State Prison. Looking for a good friend to write to in the free world.
1992 May 8, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14
Free World2
- Alternative letter-case form of free world.
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Fourth, knowing what I did of the policies and actions of Moscow and Peking, I was as sure as a man could be that if we did not live up to our commitment in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, they would move to exploit the disarray in the United States and in the alliances of the Free World. They might move independently or they might move together. But move they would — whether through nuclear blackmail, through subversion, with regular armed forces, or in some other manner. As nearly as one can be certain of anything, I knew they could not resist the opportunity to expand their control into the vacuum of power we would leave behind us.
1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Challenge and Response: Vietnam 1964—1965”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 152
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounCollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or Communist states.
Translations
Arabic الْعَالَم الْحُرّ
- الْعَالَم الْحُرّ (al-ʕālam al-ḥurr)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Bengali মুক্ত পৃথিবী
- মুক্ত পৃথিবী (mukto prithibi)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Bulgarian свобо́ден свят
- свобо́ден свят (svobóden svjat)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Chinese Cantonese 自由世界
- 自由世界 (zi⁶ jau⁴ sai³ gaai³)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Chinese Mandarin 自由世界
- 自由世界 (zìyóu shìjiè)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Czech volný svět
- volný světcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Danish den frie verden
- den frie verdencollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Dutch vrije wereld
- vrije wereldcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Estonian vaba maailm
- vaba maailmcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Finnish vapaa maailma
- vapaa maailmacollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
French monde libre
- monde librecollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
German freie Welt
- freie Weltcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Hebrew הָעוֹלָם הָחָפְשִׁי \ העולם החופשי
- הָעוֹלָם הָחָפְשִׁי \ העולם החופשי (ha-olám ha-khofshí)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Hindi आज़ाद दुनिया
- आज़ाद दुनिया (āzād duniyā)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Hungarian szabad világ
- szabad világcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Icelandic frjáls heimur
- frjáls heimurcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Indonesian dunia bebas
- dunia bebascollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Italian mondo libero
- mondo liberocollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Japanese 自由な世界, 自由世界
- 自由な世界 (jiyū na sekai)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
- 自由世界 (jiyū sekai)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Korean 자유세계
- 자유세계 (jayusegye)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Latvian brīvā pasaule
- brīvā pasaulecollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Lithuanian laisvas pasaulis
- laisvas pasauliscollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Malay dunia bebas
- dunia bebascollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Norwegian Bokmål den frie verden
- den frie verdencollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Polish wolny świat
- wolny światcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Portuguese mundo livre
- mundo livrecollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Romanian lumea liberă
- lumea liberăcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Russian свобо́дный мир
- свобо́дный мир (svobódnyj mir)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Slovak slobodný svet
- slobodný svetcollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Spanish mundo libre
- mundo librecollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Swedish den fria världen
- den fria världencollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Thai โลกเสรี
- โลกเสรี (lôok-sěe-rii)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Turkish özgür dünya
- özgür dünyacollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Ukrainian ві́льний світ
- ві́льний світ (vílʹnyj svit)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Urdu آزاد دُنِیا
- آزاد دُنِیا (āzād duniyā)collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Vietnamese thế giới tự do
- thế giới tự docollectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states
Cite this entry
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