1. Free of restraints or rules
   "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style"
    
2. Cheerfully irresponsible
   "freewheeling urban youths";
   - carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy [informal]

1. Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
   "My son freewheeled around for years in California before going to law school";
   - drift
    
2. Coast in a vehicle using the freewheel
   "We freewheeled down the hill to save gas"

See also: irresponsible, unrestrained

Type of: coast, exist, live, subsist, survive

Encyclopedia: Freewheeling