free-flowing

adjective

Moving freely.

“a free-flowing river”

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flowyfluxiveflowing
OriginEnglish flowing ← Middle English fre ← Old English frēo →
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Meanings

adjectivefree-flowing (comparative more free-flowing, superlative most free-flowing)

comparative more free-flowing · superlative most free-flowing

  1. Moving freely.

    a free-flowing river

    2 more examples

    free-flowing traffic

    The free-flowing pixelated compositions, while full of angles, owe something to automatist drawing.

    2008 March 14, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: flowy, fluxive, flowing

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMoving freely.

Similar
flowyfluxiveflowing
Also see
flowingmobilerunnystreamingwatery

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  3. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  5. Old Englishfrēo
  6. Middle Englishfre
  7. Englishfree
  8. Englishflowing
  9. Englishfree-flowing

From free + flowing.

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APA

free-flowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free-flowing

MLA

“free-flowing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free-flowing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “free-flowing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free-flowing.

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