as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
an artistically inclined free spirit who felt alienated and stifled while growing up in a small town
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Recent Examples of free spirit
Always seeking fun and new experiences, Phil’s a free spirit at heart.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That care-free spirit, as the film illustrates, hardly existed in a vacuum, emerging in part as a defiant response to darkening times.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
Aimee Lou Wood is Chelsea, his much-younger girlfriend, an upbeat free spirit eager to indulge in whatever the resort has to offer.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Olivia is more of a free spirit, and she’s made friends with the mayor of Montezara, Francesca (Violante Placido), who is beautiful, around Eric’s age and full of big plans for her little town.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That care-free spirit, as the film illustrates, hardly existed in a vacuum, emerging in part as a defiant response to darkening times.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
Aimee Lou Wood is Chelsea, his much-younger girlfriend, an upbeat free spirit eager to indulge in whatever the resort has to offer.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Olivia is more of a free spirit, and she’s made friends with the mayor of Montezara, Francesca (Violante Placido), who is beautiful, around Eric’s age and full of big plans for her little town.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free spirit
Noun
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The Tony Award nominations, announced Thursday morning in New York, reflect the split-screen reality of a Broadway season divided by mavericks and mega-stars.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Art Dubai is somewhat of a maverick within this market.—
Grace Banks,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 May 2024
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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2024
Noun
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This team should be a part of the programmatic and executive teams rather than being a lone wolf.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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That Charli’s performance went right into Green Day felt, more than most of Coachella’s adjacent performances, thematically apt, each indulging in an enfant terrible persona to create outsider art that eventually became insider art.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2025
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Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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