uninhibited

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adjective

Not inhibited; having no inhibitions.

Similar
abandonedearthyunrepressedunsuppressed
Opposite
inhibited
OriginEnglish inhibited ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuninhibited (comparative more uninhibited, superlative most uninhibited)

comparative more uninhibited · superlative most uninhibited

  1. Not inhibited; having no inhibitions.

    The university should be an open forum for uninhibited exchange of ideas.

    1990 December 23, Chris neaton, quoting Brian Arbogast de Hubert-Miller, “Activists Protest Homophobic Comic”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 23, page 2

    Antonyms: inhibited

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot inhibited; having no inhibitions.

Opposite
inhibited

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot inhibited or restrained

Similar
abandonedearthyunrepressedunsuppressed
Opposite
inhibited
Also see
abandonedearthyunrepressedunsuppressedwanton

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinhibited
  9. Englishuninhibited

From un- + inhibited.

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Translations

Bulgarian без задръжки
  • без задръжки (bez zadrăžki)not inhibited
Catalan desinhibit
  • desinhibitnot inhibited
Finnish estoton
  • estotonnot inhibited
Italian disinibito
  • disinibitonot inhibited
Polish nieskrępowany
  • nieskrępowanynot inhibited
Portuguese desinibido
  • desinibidonot inhibited
Spanish desinhibido
  • desinhibidonot inhibited
Swedish hämningslös
  • hämningslösnot inhibited
Cite this entry
APA

uninhibited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninhibited

MLA

“uninhibited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninhibited. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninhibited,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninhibited.

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