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freewheeler
[ free-hwee-ler, -wee- ]
noun
- a vehicle that can freewheel.
- a person who works or lives in an independent, often daring, way.
- a person who is primarily concerned with having a good time.
Word History and Origins
Origin of freewheeler1
Example Sentences
Just a few hours into the opening round of this strange US Open it appeared a fortnight without fans might belong to freewheelers comfortable in an empty bar rather than those desperate for friends.
A maitre'd of the globe as much as a chef, he built an empire out of his comportment, a charismatic freewheeler who'd cut his teeth in New York kitchens.
Gold had been found just a few miles from town and every panhandler and freewheeler who had ever seen a newspaper headline was heading for Dawson, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers.
You have probably heard it yourself: the impression that millennials are financial freewheelers.
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