more free vs freer

Both 'more free' and 'freer' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'More free' is used when comparing two things or people, while 'freer' is used when comparing one thing or person to a standard or to how it was before.

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more free

The phrase 'more free' is correct and commonly used when comparing two things or people.

Use 'more free' when you are comparing the degree of freedom between two things or people. It is formed by adding 'more' before the adjective 'free'.

Examples:

She feels more free when she is dancing.
This software makes you more free to customize your settings.
I feel more free to express my opinions in this group.
He is more free to choose his own path now.
The new regulations make the market more free for competition.

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And I want love you feel more free.
Tatsuya is more free than me.
I will vote for this directive only if it results in more free movement of services.
It is dangerous because that society is becoming more free... ...and heading toward democracy.
Made me wish that civilians were more free to go within the Bureau, but of course, we've got tougher security needs.
This agreement has the potential to create more extensive free trade and more free borders between Europe and Canada than currently exist between Canada and the United States.
So there'll be no more free passes for our whisky boats.
It's much more free in a way.
No more free than I am of his two sons, or Metzger... or Cathy Rockwell.
The result is clear: more free trade where sugar is concerned.
We wish to see more free trade in bananas on the world market.
Makes me feel ashamed to feel more free in a foreign country than I do in my own.
A Europe that ensures this integration will be more worthy, more free and more secure.
At every stage of the game, majorities are formed according to the issues being discussed and this is a much more free and democratic system.
I feel more free, and... more connected to the world around me, to other people.
In order to achieve this more free and more democratic Europe, Mr President, those who value the freedom of their countries, those who value their national democracy, and therefore those who value the true Europe should unite to defend their values.
The more free movement you have, the more Schengen you have, the more international crime you have, the more we need cooperation on a European level and I think this report is a good step in that direction.
I felt a little better... a little less trapped... a little more free.
Sustained solidarity may be better served with more active support in order for those countries to be brought up to speed quicker than the swift admission or more free market.
This is perfect in that it clearly opposes self-centeredness and selfishness to compassion, the concern for others, and, further, it indicates that those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.

Alternatives:

less restricted
less constrained
more liberated
more unrestrained
more at liberty

freer

The word 'freer' is correct and commonly used when comparing one thing or person to a standard or to how it was before.

Use 'freer' when you are comparing the degree of freedom of one thing or person to a standard or to how it was before. It is the comparative form of the adjective 'free'.