What is another word for unencumbered?

Pronunciation: [ˌʌnɛnkˈʌmbəd] (IPA)

Unencumbered means free from encumbrances or obstacles. Synonyms for unencumbered include unimpeded, unhindered, unrestricted, unfettered, unhampered, free, and clear. Other synonyms include unrestrained, unobstructed, unblocked, untrammeled, unopposed, unburdened, uncontrolled, unbound, and unregulated. These words indicate a sense of freedom and liberation from anything that could hinder or obstruct one's movements or actions. The word unencumbered is often used figuratively to describe a person who is free from burdens or responsibilities. Synonyms for unencumbered are useful when trying to avoid repetition or to convey a slightly different shade of meaning.

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What are the hypernyms for Unencumbered?

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What are the opposite words for unencumbered?

Unencumbered, a word that implies freedom from any kind of burden or obstacle, can have several antonyms or opposite words. One such antonym is encumbered, which means weighed down or hindered by something. Another antonym is restricted, meaning limited, confined or restrained by rules or obligations. A third antonym could be inhibited, which means prevented or hindered from performing something freely. Oppressed, burdened, and overtaxed, are other examples of antonyms of unencumbered. Unencumbered implies a sense of lightness and ease, and its antonyms indicate a sense of limitation or difficulty. Knowing these antonyms will help to understand the different contexts in which the word unencumbered can be used.

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Usage examples for Unencumbered

It gave him no end of satisfaction to realise that he was the master of "Ayrmuir," and that his acres were broader than those of the "Ayrmuir" in the old country; not only broader, but his to do what he liked with-his property, unencumbered by mortgage or entail.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
This method of divine leading-by the hour and by the moment-leaves the soul always free and unencumbered, and ready for the slightest breath of the Lord.
"Letters of Madam Guyon"
P. L. Upham
"Directly I inherit an unencumbered ancestral manor," he replied, with a gesture that denoted invitation, "containing house, stable, horses and carriages, and other animate and inanimate necessaries, I shall permit myself the honour of asking your husband for your hand."
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann

Famous quotes with Unencumbered

  • I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.
    Joan Armatrading
  • In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
    Barack Obama
  • Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them.
    Huston Smith
  • For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
    Kahlil Gibran
  • Every organization has more in common with every other organization than it does with any of the unorganized.I stubbornly persist in my opposition to the state. But not because, as anarchists so often thoughtlessly declaim, the state is not "necessary". Ordinary people dismiss this anarchist assertion as ludicrous, and so they should. Obviously, in an industrialized class society like ours, the state is necessary.We need anarchists unencumbered by anarchism. Then, and only then, we can begin to get serious about fomenting anarchy.
    Bob Black

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