drifting · wandering · rootless · nomadic · unattached · liberated · roaming · footloose · unbounded · adrift · unchained · unanchored · wild · restless · vagabond · unfastened · independent · mobile
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Related — free (Without payment or restriction); loose (Not firmly secured); unmoored (Released from anchorage); untethered · floating · drifting · wandering · rootless · nomadic · unattached · liberated · roaming · footloose
freedom of movement/restraintnot tied down ≠ tied down Secured with bindings; bound · restrained · tethered · secured · fastened
commitment/obligationnot tied down ≠ committed Firmly pledged or bound; tied down · obligated · bound · attached · settled
rootedness/stabilitynot tied down ≠ settled No longer in question; rooted · established · anchored · grounded · planted
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/not_tied_down