screen-free
No displays allowed
Screen-free describes time, activities, or spaces without electronic displays—no phones, tablets, televisions, or computers.
The term appears in parenting discussions about limiting children's device exposure and in wellness contexts promoting unplugged time: We try to keep dinner screen-free.
A screen-free weekend means deliberately stepping away from digital devices.
Disconnected from power
- analogComparable equivalent
- intentionalDone on purpose
- simplicityLack of complexity
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
balance · wellness · boundaries · habit · routine · deliberate · sustainable · wholesome
Focused attention practice
- presenceState of being somewhere
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
introspection · awareness · calmness · focus · centering · relaxation · serenity · reflection
Interpreting written text
- boardgamesTabletop competitive entertainment
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- puzzlesProblems designed to challenge
crafts · hiking · painting · drawing · journaling · knitting · cooking · camping
In open air
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- trailsMarked outdoor paths
- parksPublic recreation grounds
- sunshineDirect rays from above
birdsong · stargazing · beach · mountains · wildlife · greenspace · countryside · natural
unplugged
Disconnected from power
- analogComparable equivalent
- intentionalDone on purpose
- simplicityLack of complexity
minimalism · balance · wellness · boundaries · habit · routine · deliberate · sustainable · wholesome · healthy
meditation
Focused attention practice
contemplation · introspection · awareness · calmness · focus · centering · relaxation · serenity · reflection · grounding
reading
Interpreting written text
- boardgamesTabletop competitive entertainment
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
puzzles · crafts · hiking · painting · drawing · journaling · knitting · cooking · camping · sports
outdoors
In open air
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- trailsMarked outdoor paths
- parksPublic recreation grounds
sunshine · birdsong · stargazing · beach · mountains · wildlife · greenspace · countryside · natural
- unplugged livingoffline, unplugged, analog, disconnected, off-grid
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- anti-modernismLuddism, Luddite, technophobia, technophobe, anti-technology
screen-freescreen-based
Displayed on monitors
digital · plugged in · on-screen · wired · online
screen-freehyperconnected
Excessively digitally intertwined
high-tech · always-on · plugged-in · iPad kid · chronically online
screen, free, screens, screened, screening, screener, screeners, freely, freedom