free form
Lacking rigid structure
Free form describes something created without following a fixed structure, pattern, or set of rules.
In art and design, free-form shapes are organic and irregular rather than geometric.
Jazz musicians play free form when they improvise without adhering to a predetermined arrangement.
The term applies broadly: a free-form discussion, free-form poetry.
As a noun, freeform (often written as one word) names this unstructured approach itself.
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- off the cuffSpontaneous, unrehearsed speech
- fluidSubstance that flows
- flowUnbroken forward movement
making it up · going with the flow · extemporization · no rules · amorphous · flexible · gestural · improvisation · jazz improvisation · abstract expressionism · rubato · open-ended · stream of consciousness · avant-garde · unstructured · action painting · nonlinear · unrestricted
- bakingbaking, bread baking, cake decorating, mixing, whisking
- pie techniquesblind baking, par-baking, pre-baking, crimping, fluting
- stylesclassical, romantic, modernist, minimalist, expressionist
free formstructured
Arranged in organized form
formulaic · regimented · prescribed · standardized · rule-bound
free formsonnet
Fourteen-line metered poem
haiku · villanelle · limerick · fugue · twelve-bar blues
free formformal
Following strict protocol
conventional · traditional · classical · orthodox · academic