free and easy

Casually without worry

Free and easy describes a relaxed, informal manner without rigid rules or constraints.

Someone with a free and easy attitude doesn't worry much about convention or formality: The office has a free and easy atmosphere.

It can also suggest being too casual about things that deserve more care: He was a little too free and easy with other people's money.

informal

casual

Relaxed and informal

loose · conversational · chatty · friendly · approachable · unpretentious · unbuttoned · unstructured · spontaneous · offhand

carefree

lighthearted

Cheerful and without worry

buoyant · jaunty · sunny · cheerful · merry · serene · sanguine · jovial · whimsical · playful

uninhibited

liberated

Released from confinement

unshackled · unbridled · unconstrained · uninhibited · unimpeded · unhindered · unchecked · freewheeling · permissive · lax

Opposites
formality and constraint

free and easyuptight

Anxiously rigid in manner

stiff · formal · rigid · strait-laced · buttoned-up

emotional tension

free and easytense

Strained or nervous

anxious · stressed · high-strung · nervous · on edge

strictness and discipline

free and easystrict

Rigorous, without flexibility

demanding · exacting · rigorous · disciplined · regimented

Family

free, easy, ease, freedom, uneasy, freed, freely, easing, easier

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G