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loose
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- pronunciation:
- lus
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- break loose
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb), Word Builder
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
looser, loosest |
| definition 1: |
not restrained or confined; free.
- synonyms:
- free, unbound, unfettered, unrestrained, unshackled
- antonyms:
- confined, inhibited, restrained, stiff, strict
- similar words:
- at liberty, lax, lubricious, unbounded, uninhibited, unlatched, unlocked, untied, wanton, wild
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| definition 2: |
not joined together; unbound; unfastened.
- synonyms:
- free, unattached, unbound, unfastened
- antonyms:
- adherent, compact, fast, secure, tight
- similar words:
- detached, disconnected, floating, insecure, rickety, unclasped, unhooked, unsteady, untied
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| definition 3: |
not restraining or confining.
loose clothes- antonyms:
- formfitting, restrictive, tight
- similar words:
- baggy, droopy, floppy, limp, sagging, slack
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| definition 4: |
not tightly drawn or stretched; not taut; slack.
She kept the reins loose.- antonyms:
- taut, tight
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| definition 5: |
without discipline or care, esp. in regard to speech or behavior.
- synonyms:
- lax
- antonyms:
- meticulous
- similar words:
- broad, careless, casual, easy, flabby, free, general, gross, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, lenient, negligent, offhand, remiss, slack, slipshod, sloppy, unexacting, vague, wanton
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| definition 6: |
ethically or morally careless.
- synonyms:
- lax, unprincipled
- antonyms:
- chaste, decent, moral
- similar words:
- abandoned, corrupt, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, free, immoral, impure, indecent, libertine, licentious, lubricious, peccant, sinful, unbridled, unchaste, unregenerate, unscrupulous, wanton, wild
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| definition 7: |
not dense in construction, as a piece of cloth.
a loose weave- antonyms:
- close, tight
- similar words:
- open, permeable, relaxed
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| definition 8: |
sexually promiscuous, esp. used of women.
- synonyms:
- promiscuous
- antonyms:
- chaste
- similar words:
- debauched, dissolute, fast, impure, indecent, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lubricious, profligate, prurient, rakehell, rakish, unchaste, wanton, whorish
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| related words: |
commodious, fugitive, low-key, permissive, runaway, soft, vagabond |
adverb + (adj.)loose
fast
(adj.)loose
+ adverb
tight
(adj.)loose
+ noun
affiliation,
alliance,
ball,
blouse,
bolt,
boulder,
brick,
brush,
bun,
cannon,
chunk,
clothes,
clothing,
cluster,
coalition,
collar,
confederation,
cord,
cotton,
curl,
dirt,
dress,
end,
fabric,
federation,
fist,
flesh,
fold,
gravel,
hay,
hinge,
jacket,
jeans,
joint,
knot,
leaf,
lip,
lock,
mooring,
moral,
nut,
paint,
particle,
pebble,
ponytail,
powder,
puck,
robe,
rock,
rope,
rubble,
sand,
screw,
sheet,
shirt,
skin,
skirt,
slack,
sleeve,
slope,
soil,
spoke,
stone,
stool,
strand,
string,
sweater,
talus,
tea,
thread,
tile,
tongue,
tooth,
translation,
tunic,
twist,
waist
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
looser, loosest |
| definition 1: |
in a loose manner (often used in combination).
loose-fitting clothes- antonyms:
- tight
- similar words:
- free, roughly
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| definition 2: |
without constraint.
The dogs were running loose in the park.- similar words:
- free
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| related words: |
slack |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
looses, loosing, loosed |
| definition 1: |
to release from constraint or obligation; let loose.
- synonyms:
- free, release, unbind, unfetter, unloose
- antonyms:
- confine
- similar words:
- disengage, emancipate, extricate, liberate, loosen, manumit, unshackle, untie
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| definition 2: |
to unfasten.
- synonyms:
- free, loosen, release, undo, unfasten, unloose, untie
- antonyms:
- fasten
- similar words:
- unbuckle, unbutton, unclasp, unfetter, unfix, unhook, unlace, unpin, unscrew, unshackle, unsnap, unstick, unstrap
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| definition 3: |
to make less formal or strict.
- synonyms:
- ease, loosen, relax
- similar words:
- soften, tone down
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| definition 4: |
to ease, slacken, or relax.
- synonyms:
- ease, loosen, relax, slacken
- antonyms:
- tighten
- similar words:
- free, unloose
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| related words: |
absolve, rescue, turn |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to shoot or let loose a missile, arrow, rock, or the like.
- synonyms:
- discharge, fire, shoot
- similar words:
- hurl, throw
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(v.)loose
+ noun
arrow, grip
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| phrase: |
break loose |
| derivations: |
loosely (adv.), looseness (n.) |
Word Builder: loose +
- loosen:
to make loose or looser.
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