[syn: carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
carefree \care"free`\ (k[^a]r"fr[=e]`), adj.
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
carefree
adj 1: free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of
childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled
financially" [syn: carefree, unworried]
2: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money";
"freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth" [syn:
carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-
lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy]