From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
carefree \care"free'\ (k[^a]r"fr[=e]'), adjective
1. Free of trouble and worry and care; as, the carefree joys of childhood; carefree millionaires, untroubled financially.
Syn: happy, lighthearted, unworried. [WordNet 1.5]
2. nonchalant in a cheerful manner.
Syn: breezy, airy. [WordNet 1.5]
3. cheerfully irresponsible; as, carefree with his money. Opposite of {careful}.
Syn: devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy. [WordNet 1.5]
4. same as {unconcerned}. Opposite of {concerned}.
Syn: blithe. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially" [syn: {unworried}]
2: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth" [syn: {devil-may-care}, {freewheeling}, {happy-go-lucky}, {harum-scarum}, {slaphappy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "carefree": airy, blase, blithe, breezy, buoyant, careless, contented, corky, debonair, easy, easygoing, feckless, free and easy, happy, happy-go-lucky, incautious, indifferent, insouciant, jaunty, light, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome, nonchalant, perky, reckless, resilient, unconcerned, unworried, wild
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Carefree, AZ (town, FIPS 10180) Location: 33.82242 N, 111.91844 W Population (1990): 1666 (1301 housing units) Area: 23.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Carefree, IN (town, FIPS 10242) Location: 38.24327 N, 86.35789 W Population (1990): 26 (8 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Carefree, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona Population (2000): 2927 Housing Units (2000): 1769 Land area (2000): 8.847172 sq. miles (22.914069 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.847172 sq. miles (22.914069 sq. km) FIPS code: 10180 Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04 Location: 33.818234 N, 111.918192 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Carefree, AZ Carefree
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