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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
loose (adjective)1.
a) not rigidly fastened or securely attached
b) (1) having worked partly free from attachments - a loose tooth
(2) having relative freedom of movement
c) produced freely and accompanied by of mucus - raising a loose cough
d) not tight-fitting
2.
a) free from a state of confinement, restraint, or - obligation a lion loose in the streets spend loose funds wisely
b) not brought together in a bundle, container, or binding
c) archaic - disconnected detached
3.
a) not dense, close, or compact in structure or arrangement
b) not solid - watery loose stools
4.
a) lacking in restraint or power of restraint - a loose tongue
b) lacking moral restraint - unchaste
c) - overactive , specifically marked by frequent voiding especially of watery stools - loose bowels
5.
a) not tightly or stretched - drawn slack
b) being flexible or relaxed - stay loose
6.
a) lacking in precision, exactness, or care - loose brushwork loose usage
b) permitting freedom of interpretation
7.
not in the possession of either of two competing teams - a loose ball a loose puck
transitive verb
1.
a) to let loose - (see loose) release
b) to free from restraint
2.
to make loose - untie loose a knot
3.
to loose - cast detach
4.
to let - fly discharge
5.
intransitive verb
to make less rigid, tight, or strict - relax to let fly a missile (as an arrow) - fire
in a loose manner - (see loose) loosely
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
loose (adjective)1.
not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched
SYNONYMS:
insecure, lax, loosened, relaxed, slack, slackened, unsecuredRELATED WORDS:
detached, free, unattached, unbound, undone, unfastened, untied; baggy, blousy, saggyNEAR ANTONYMS:
constrained, restrained; attached, bound, fastened, tied; fast, firm, jammed, snug, stuck, wedged2.
consisting of particles that do not stick together
SYNONYMS:
incoherent, unconsolidatedRELATED WORDS:
nonadhesive, nonviscous; disconnected, disjointed, separate, unconnected; coarse, granular, roughNEAR ANTONYMS:
connected, solid; compacted, compressed; adhesive, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, sticky, viscid, viscous3.
not bound by rigid standards
SYNONYMS:
flexible, lax, loose, relaxed, slack, unrestrained, unrestrictedRELATED WORDS:
careless, derelict, heedless, irresponsible, lazy, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, sloven, slovenly, unfussyNEAR ANTONYMS:
constrained, restrained, restricted, tight; careful, conscientious, exact, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous; implacable, inflexible4.
not bound, confined, or detained by force
SYNONYMS:
footloose, loose, unbound, unconfined, unrestrainedRELATED WORDS:
escaped; uncaged, unchained, unfettered, unleashed; uncaught; unanchored, unbolted, undone, unfastened, untied; clear, disengagedNEAR ANTONYMS:
caught; caged, chained, enclosed ( inclosed), immured, imprisoned, leashed, penned; anchored, bolted, fastened, fettered, manacled, shackled, tied; kidnapped ( kidnaped)5.
not precisely correct
SYNONYMS:
approximate, approximative, ballpark, imprecise, inaccurate, loose, squishyRELATED WORDS:
erroneous, false, incorrect, off, wrong; general, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, mushy, undefined, undetermined, unsettled, vague; faulty, flawed, mistaken; specious; distorted, fallacious, misleading; doubtful, dubious, questionable, uncertain; inconclusive, indecisive; debatable, disputable; invalidated, unconfirmed, unsubstantiated, unsupportedNEAR ANTONYMS:
certain, incontestable, indubitable, positive, sure, undeniable, unquestionable; correct, errorless, factual, right, sound, true, valid; clear-cut, decisive, definable, defined, definite; incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable; absolute, unqualified; confirmed, corroborated, determined, established, substantiated, supported, validated6.
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
SYNONYMS:
debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell ( rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warpedRELATED WORDS:
bent [], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous; contaminated, spoiled, tainted; bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wickedNEAR ANTONYMS:
incorruptible; ethical, honest, principled; good, moral, righteous, virtuous1.
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force
SYNONYMS:
blast, discharge, fire, loose, squeeze offRELATED WORDS:
launch, project; blaze (at), snipe (at); cast, catapult, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, lob, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss2.
to find emotional release for
SYNONYMS:
loose, release, unleash, ventRELATED WORDS:
act out; air, express, state, ventilate, voiceNEAR ANTONYMS:
control, govern, handle, manage; bridle, check, constrain, contain, curb, hold back, pull in, quell, rein (in), restrain, smother, tame; allay, lull, quiet, soothe, still; choke, inhibit, muffle, pocket, repress, stifle, strangle, swallow3.
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
SYNONYMS:
discharge, disenthrall ( disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetterRELATED WORDS:
bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save; adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate; unshackleNEAR ANTONYMS:
handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up); conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate4.
to set free (from a state of being held in check)
SYNONYMS:
loose, loosen, uncork, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosenRELATED WORDS:
discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unmoor, unshackle; air, express, take out, ventNEAR ANTONYMS:
handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; bind, confine, enchain, fetter; halter, hamper