Definition of 'loose'
Verb
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
Synonyms: free liberate release unloose unloosen
Antonyms: confine detain - turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
Synonyms: unleash let loose - make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
Synonyms: loosen
Antonyms: stiffen - become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
Synonyms: loosen relax
Antonyms: stiffen
Adjective
- not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker"
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
Antonyms: compact - (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
Antonyms: tight - not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
Synonyms: informal - not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
Synonyms: free liberal - emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
Synonyms: lax - not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
Synonyms: unaffixed
Antonyms: affixed - not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
Synonyms: slack - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"
Synonyms: open - not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks"
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
Synonyms: idle - not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
- freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"
- having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
Synonyms: at large escaped on the loose - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
Synonyms: easy light promiscuous sluttish wanton - not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers"
Adverb
- without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
Synonyms: free
