FREEMEN Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

freemen

noun

plural of freeman

as in citizens

a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it after eight years of residency, you will be granted the status of freeman

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Recent Examples of freemen So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026

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citizens

Noun

In this small city, citizens were brought together by frustration over large, corporate health systems that can seem to put profits over patients.

— Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
The national police and the army were helping, along with citizens, Thapa said.

— Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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