free bird

Uncaged winged creature

A free bird is someone unattached and unencumbered—single, uncommitted, or unbound by obligations: Now that the divorce is final, I'm a free bird.

The image draws on birds as symbols of liberty, able to go anywhere.

The term often appears when someone leaves a relationship or quits a job: She handed in her resignation and flew off, a free bird at last.

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  • soaringRising effortlessly upward
  • flightAerial journey by aircraft
  • wingsLimbs for flight
  • open skyUnobstructed atmosphere above
  • skyVisible overhead expanse

spread your wings · liberation · Lynyrd Skynyrd · escape · let it go · wild · untamed · cage · released · spirit · wind · feathers · roaming · independence · unbounded · no strings attached · gliding · open

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Opposites
physical confinement

free birdcaged

Confined by bars

captive · bird in a gilded cage · penned · tethered · confined

personal liberty/lifestyle

free birdball and chain

Fetter limiting prisoner movement

tied down · settled · committed · married · domesticated

emotional/relational attachment

free birdattached

Joined to another thing

bonded · lovesick · clingy · smitten · lovestruck

Family

free, bird, freely, freedom, freed, freeing, freer, freest, freeborn

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