no strings attached
No obligations required
No strings attached describes something given or offered without conditions, obligations, or hidden expectations.
The image is of a gift with no strings to pull you back: The grant comes with no strings attached.
Often describes casual sexual relationships where neither party expects commitment: We agreed it was just no strings attached.
- gratisAt no expense
- no obligationNo requirement to act
- free and clearOwning without obligations attached
- unconditionalWithout limits or qualifications
- hookupCasual sexual encounter
friends with benefits · noncommittal · casual · non-binding · no holds barred · fling · freedom · independence · no questions asked · one-night stand · unencumbered · booty call · free love · literally · autonomy · unrestricted · freebie · free pass
- promiscuitypromiscuity, sleeping around, casual sex, hookups, one-night stands
- casual datingfling, hookup, friends with benefits, FWB, one-night stand
- hookupshookup, one-night stand, fling, booty call, casual sex
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
no strings attachedbinding agreement
Enforceable mutual commitment
conditional · contractual · quid pro quo · legally binding · on condition
no strings attachedcommitted
Firmly pledged or bound
exclusive · monogamous · in a relationship · married · attached
string, attach, attached, detach, detached, attachment, stringy, strings, detachment