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adjective

carefree adj.

Free of trouble and worry and care; as, the carefree joys of childhood; carefree millionaires, untroubled financially.

Synonyms: happy, lighthearted, unworried.

Nonchalant in a cheerful manner.

Synonyms: breezy, airy.

Cheerfully irresponsible; as, carefree with his money. Opposite of careful.

Synonyms: devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.

Same as unconcerned. Opposite of concerned.

Synonyms: blithe.

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Etymology of 'Carefree'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Carefree" Quotes from Famous Books

... abundant red-brown hair of that tint which ever has turned the eyes and heads of men. Her mouth, smiling to show white, even teeth, was wide enough for comfort in a kiss, and turned up strongly at the corners, so that her face seemed always sunny and carefree, were it not for the recurrent grave, almost somber look of the wide-set ...

— The Covered Wagon • Emerson Hough

... peanuts to the pigeons. He was nauseated with the prospect of having to address his new boss as "Mr. Dwindle," and was toying with the idea of abandoning his specialty completely to join the ranks of the happy, carefree unemployed. He watched as two uniformed policemen approached one of the ...

— Master of None • Lloyd Neil Goble

... undoubtedly thought the grin gave him a pleasant and carefree expression. It didn't. "Suppose I go have a look for Gerda myself," he said casually, heading up the stairs toward the temple entrance. "After all, you're so busy looking at books, you might ...

— Pagan Passions • Gordon Randall Garrett

... life had anything like this freedom from responsibility, from expense, come to me. So carefree, so beautiful was our life, that I woke each morning with a start of surprise to find its magic a reality. It was like the hospitality of oriental kings in the ...

— A Daughter of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland

... 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

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