unbound

/ˈʌnˌbaʊnd/

/ənˈbaʊnd/

Other forms: unboundedly

Things that are free, rather than attached or restrained, are unbound. You prefer your to wear your hair in a tight ponytail to keep it off your face, while your best friend likes her hair unbound.

If you untie your pet goats so they can roam free, they'll be unbound. It's even more common to use this adjective figuratively, to mean "free" or "unconstrained," like little kids who are unbound from conventional ideas of politeness, or students in the summer, unbound from school, who are free to sleep late.

Definitions of unbound

1. adjective

   not restrained or tied down by bonds
   synonyms:

   unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied

   not bound by shackles and chains

   untethered

   not confined or restricted with a tether

   free

   able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

   antonyms:

   bound

   confined by bonds

   chained, enchained

   bound with chains

   fettered, shackled

   bound by chains fastened around the ankles

   furled, rolled

   rolled up and secured

   pinioned

   bound fast especially having the arms restrained

   tethered

   confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain

   tied, trussed

   bound or secured closely

   wired

   tied or bound with wire

   unfree

   hampered and not free; not able to act at will
2. adjective

   not secured within a cover
   “an unbound book”

   synonyms:

   looseleaf

   being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged

   antonyms:

   bound

   secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

   brassbound

   having trim or fittings of brass

   cased

   enclosed in a case

   half-bound

   (of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another

   paperback, paperbacked

   (of books) having a flexible binding

   well-bound

   (of books) having a sturdy and attractive binding
3. adjective

   not held in chemical or physical combination
   synonyms:

   free

   unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion