| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | luw's |
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| Rhymes | abstruse, abuse, Bruce, and 35 more rhymes in uws at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Not restrained or confined or attached. |
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| Examples | "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker" |
| Similar to | free |
| Adverbs | loosely; loose |
| Meaning | Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement. |
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| Examples | "loose gravel" |
| Similar | friable, light, sandy; shifting, unfirm; silty; unconsolidated |
| Contrary | compact |
| Meaning | (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player. |
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| Examples | "a loose ball" |
| Category | sport, athletics |
| Similar to | uncontrolled |
| Meaning | Not tight. Not closely constrained or constricted or constricting. |
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| Examples | "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" |
| Similar | baggy, loose-fitting; flyaway |
| See also | lax |
| Contrary | tight |
| Meaning | Not officially recognized or controlled. |
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| Examples | "a loose organization of the local farmers" |
| Synonyms | informal |
| Similar to | unofficial |
| Meaning | Not literal. |
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| Examples | "a loose interpretation of what she had been told" |
| Synonyms | free, liberal |
| Similar to | inexact |
| Meaning | Emptying easily or excessively. |
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| Examples | "loose bowels" |
| Synonyms | lax |
| Similar to | unconstipated, regular |
| Meaning | Not affixed. |
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| Examples | "the stamp came loose" |
| Synonyms | unaffixed |
| Contrary | affixed |
| Meaning | Not tense or taut. |
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| Examples | "the old man's skin hung loose and gray" |
| Synonyms | slack |
| Similar to | lax |
| Adverbs | loosely |
| Meaning | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps. |
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| Examples | "a loose weave" |
| Synonyms | open |
| Similar to | coarse |
| Adverbs | loosely |
| Meaning | Not fixed firmly or tightly. |
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| Examples | "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks" |
| Similar to | insecure |
| Meaning | Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility. |
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| Examples | "a loose tongue" |
| Synonyms | idle |
| Similar to | irresponsible |
| Meaning | Not carefully arranged in a package. |
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| Examples | "a box of loose nails" |
| Similar to | unpackaged |
| Meaning | Freely producing mucus. |
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| Examples | "a loose phlegmy cough" |
| Similar to | phlegmy |
| Meaning | Having escaped, especially from confinement. |
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| Examples | "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
| Synonyms | at large, at liberty, escaped, on the loose |
| Similar to | free |
| Meaning | Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. |
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| Examples | "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women" |
| Synonyms | easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
| Similar to | unchaste |
| Meaning | Not bound or fastened or gathered together. |
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| Examples | "loose pages"; "loose papers" |
| Similar to | unbound |
| Meaning | Without restraint. |
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| Examples | "cows in India are running loose" |
| Synonyms | free |
| Adjectives | loose |
| Meaning | Grant freedom to. Free from confinement. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to loose the prisoners |
| Synonyms | free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen |
| Narrower | unspell; unchain; bail; run; bail out; parole |
| Contrary | confine, detain |
| Meaning | Turn loose or free from restraint. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
| Synonyms | unleash, let loose |
| Broader | let go of, let go, release, relinquish |
| Meaning | Make loose or looser. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| Synonyms | loosen |
| Cause to | loosen, relax, loose |
| Entailed by | pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy |
| Narrower | relax, unbend; slacken, remit; slack; unscrew; unscrew |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Contrary | stiffen |
| Meaning | Become loose or looser or less tight. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The noose loosened" |
| Synonyms | loosen, relax |
| Caused by | loosen, loose |
| Broader | weaken |
| Contrary | stiffen |