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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Characterized by direct and open expression of views, feelings, etc..
She had views of her own and was free-spoken to a fault.
He was a very free-spoken man (the gentry of those days were much prouder than at present), and used to say to me in his haughty easy way, "Hang it, Mr. Barry, you have no more manners than a barber."
You can imagine what fairly free-spoken girls will ask when they come to the point of not caring what they say.
Look at 21st-century Britons, tongue-tied in conversation, groping for some PC euphemism (“If I’m allowed to say that…”) in what was once the most iconically free-spoken country on earth.
Use free-spoken when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Free-spoken means Characterized by direct and open expression of views, feelings, etc..
Common synonyms include candid, frank, free-speaking, outspoken.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She had views of her own and was free-spoken to a fault.
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