What does carefree mean?
Word: Carefree
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Carefree means light-hearted, with nothing on your mind to trouble you.
Synonyms: relaxed, cheerful, easy-going
Antonyms: anxious
How do you spell carefree?
Syllables: care - free
Tricky part: Keep the e in the middle, and the double e at the end: carefre drops the last letter.
Watch out for: carfre, cairfree, carefre
Memory tip: Free from care: count the e's, and you should find three of them, one in the middle and two at the end.
Carefree in a sentence
Example 1: The summer holidays were carefree days of swimming and mangoes.
Example 2: Our puppy looks carefree as it rolls in the grass.
Example 3: Grandma says she was carefree as a girl, playing by the river all afternoon.
Fun Fact
The care in carefree is the old sense of trouble or sorrow, not looking after someone. In Old English, caru meant sorrow or grief.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) carefree
b) sunshien
c) playgraund
d) homewerk
Show answer
a) carefree. Sunshine, homework and playground each have a vowel wrong or out of place, so carefree is the correct one.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: carefree
a) worried
b) merry
c) playful
d) joyful
Show answer
a) worried. A carefree person has no worries, so worried is the opposite.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
carefrree
a) r
b) a
c) e
d) f
Show answer
a) r. Free has only one r, after the f.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ferecaer
a) carefree
b) careful
c) career
d) freezer
Show answer
a) carefree. Careful would need a u and an l, career has no f and freezer needs a z; these eight letters give carefree.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does a carefree child feel?
a) happy with nothing to trouble them
b) careful about every small detail
c) lonely without any friends
d) tired after a long school day
Show answer
a) happy with nothing to trouble them
2. Which of these children is carefree?
a) Mia, rushing to catch the school bus
b) Dev, waiting for his test results
c) Tara, checking her answers twice
d) Aman, humming as he swings in the park
Show answer
d) Aman, humming as he swings in the park
