Meanings
- not comparablerareNot free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar); paywalled (as in paywalled content).
Antonyms: free, free of charge, free as in beer, gratis, costless, feeless
- not comparablecomputingWith copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse.
Near-synonyms: closed-source, proprietary
3 more examples
Furthermore, if software released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL) were combined with proprietary (nonfree) code, the resultant combination had to be released under the GPL.
2002, Glyn Moody, Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Perseus Pub., →ISBN, page 27However, if you have developed an application that requires MySQL for its functionality and you want to sell your software with MySQL under a nonfree license, you must purchase a commercial license from MySQL AB.
2008, Russell Dyer, MySQL in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 5The following licenses do not qualify as free software licenses as defined by the FSF. A nonfree license is automatically incompatible with the GNU GPL.
2010, Dave Douglas, Gregory Michael Papadopoulos, Citizen Engineer, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 169Synonyms: closed-source, proprietary · Antonyms: free, free as in speech, libre, open-source
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar); paywalled (as in paywalled content).
adjectiveWith copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian пла́тен
- пла́тен (pláten)not free of charge
Chinese Mandarin 收費的 /收费的, 收費的 /收费的
- 收費的 /收费的not free of charge
- 收費的 /收费的 (shōufèi de)not free of charge
- 付費的 /付费的 (fùfèi de)not free of charge
Czech placený
- placenýnot free of charge
Dutch betaald, niet gratis
- betaaldnot free of charge
- niet gratisnot free of charge
- onvrijwith copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse
Finnish maksullinen, ei-vapaa
- maksullinennot free of charge
- ei-vapaawith copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse
French payant
- payantnot free of charge
German kostenpflichtig, unfrei
- kostenpflichtignot free of charge
- unfreiwith copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse
Hindi सशुल्क
- सशुल्क (saśulk)not free of charge
Hungarian fizetős, fizető-
- fizetősnot free of charge
- fizető-not free of charge
- díjkötelesnot free of charge
Indonesian berbayar
- berbayarnot free of charge
Japanese 有料
- 有料 (yūryō)not free of charge
Māori whaiutu
- whaiutunot free of charge
Polish płatny
- płatnynot free of charge
Portuguese pago
- pagonot free of charge
Russian пла́тный, несвобо́дный
- пла́тный (plátnyj)not free of charge
- несвобо́дный (nesvobódnyj)with copyright restrictions that prevent unrestricted distribution or reuse
Slovak platený
- platenýnot free of charge
Ukrainian пла́тний
- пла́тний (plátnyj)not free of charge
Cite this entry
nonfree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfree
“nonfree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfree. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfree.
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