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adjective
carefree  adj.  
1.
Free of trouble and worry and care; as, the carefree joys of childhood; carefree millionaires, untroubled financially.
Synonyms: happy, lighthearted, unworried.
2.
Nonchalant in a cheerful manner.
Synonyms: breezy, airy.
3.
Cheerfully irresponsible; as, carefree with his money. Opposite of careful.
Synonyms: devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.
4.
Same as unconcerned. Opposite of concerned.
Synonyms: blithe.





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"Carefree" Quotes from Famous Books



... and ate of their supplies and drank heartily, for they were both famished by the long walk, but all the carefree joyousness seemed to have gone out of the adventure, and when Lou discovered that the knot in the corner of her handkerchief had become untied and the remainder of her capital was gone, it appeared to be the last cloud needed to immerse her ...
— Anything Once • Douglas Grant
... themselves: enemies are difficult to deal with, but still greater difficulties are presented by our friends. They must all be called friends, whether they are such or not, but even if one should find them most reliable, even so one may not trust one's self in their company with a clear, carefree, unsuspecting heart. This, then, and the fact that it is requisite to take measures of defence against ordinary conspirators, make the situation overwhelmingly dreadful. For to be always compelled to ...
— Dio's Rome, Vol. 4 • Cassius Dio
... in the leash—a beautiful May day of blue sky and sunshine and balmy air that called insistently to open places of green grass and the luxury of idleness and vagrant dreaming. Young Jimmy Stiles felt the call and he skipped along with carefree enjoyment of his brief respite. He laughed gaily at a pair of dogs who seemed inclined to question each other's veracity and sent them scampering with a whoop, swinging the satchel around his head. He pulled ...
— Every Man for Himself • Hopkins Moorhouse
... Too much trouble for cussing. I tried that out scientifically. So I had to get out and make a hand. If I heard someone say I did as much as any three of these mollycoddles up here I'd just simper in silence and look down. Only I wish I'd known it was a fashionable winter sport. I'd of been more carefree. ...
— Ma Pettengill • Harry Leon Wilson


Words linked to "Carefree" :   irresponsible, harum-scarum, slaphappy, untroubled


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