Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun free-enterprise

1 sense of free enterprise

Sense 1
market economy, free enterprise, private enterprise, laissez-faire economy -- (an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices)
       => economy, economic system -- (the system of production and distribution and consumption)

Antonyms of adj free-enterprise

1 sense of free-enterprise

Sense 1
competitive, free-enterprise (prenominal), private-enterprise (prenominal) -- (subscribing to capitalistic competition)

INDIRECT (VIA capitalistic) -> socialistic, socialist -- (advocating or following the socialist principles; "socialistic government")

Similarity of adj free-enterprise

1 sense of free-enterprise

Sense 1
competitive, free-enterprise (prenominal), private-enterprise (prenominal) -- (subscribing to capitalistic competition)
       => capitalistic (vs. socialistic), capitalist -- (favoring or practicing capitalism)

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