feel free
You have permission
Feel free is an invitation to do something without hesitation or concern for permission: Feel free to help yourself to anything in the fridge.
It signals that the speaker won't mind or object.
The phrase can sound genuinely welcoming or carry a hint of passive aggression depending on tone: Feel free to leave whenever you want.
- allowGrant permission for
- be my guestInvitation to proceed freely
- help yourselfTake what you want
- have at itInvitation to begin
- knock yourself outPermission with indifference
liberated · comfortable · breathe easy · go nuts · welcome · empowered · permit · encourage · unburdened · absolutely · assuredly · by all means · uninhibited · certainly · unrestrained · go ahead · relaxed · confident
- Casual Invitationscome over, drop by, swing by, come on in, tag along
- affirmativesyes, yeah, yep, yup, absolutely
- permissionpermission granted, granted, allowed, permitted, authorization
- sharing phraseshelp yourself, here you go, for you, go halves, share and share alike
feel freedon't you dare
hands off · absolutely not · hold off · off-limits · forbidden
feel freestand on ceremony
Insist on strict formality
hold back · watch yourself · tread carefully · mind your manners · walk on eggshells
feel freethink twice
Deliberate before acting
hold back · be careful · mind your manners · bite your tongue
free, feel, feeling, freedom, felt, freed, freely, feels, freer