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Definition of loose:
- A letting go; discharge.
- Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
- Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
- Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; - with from or of.
- Freedom from restraint.
- Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
- Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
- Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
- Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
- Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
- To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
- To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
- To set sail.
- To solve; to interpret.
- To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
- Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
- Unconnected; rambling.
Synonyms:
bounteous, costless, bountiful, weak, handsome, heart-to-heart, easy, at liberty, give up, decompress, tripping, dead, barren, unconstipated, gratuitous, sex, abstemious, blowzy, put out, unconfined, untie, lewd, escaped, expel, bring out, receptive, gratis, destitute, slack up, jobless, insecure, unlocked, overt, unfounded, relieve, unloose, clean, cozy, let go of, light-headed, tease, slack, out of work, untied, calorie-free, confined, giving, set free, bighearted, loose-fitting, unloosen, lite, at-large, vague, promiscuous, lax, informal, unfirm, assailable, easygoing, light-colored, slatternly, regular, unstrain, shifting, blowsy, devoid, intimate, dissolute, prosperous, undefended, spare, baggy, unrestrained, unresolved, candid, eject, complimentary, unused, relaxed, soft, unlax, gentle, exhaust, baseless, disreputable, unpackaged, discharge, well-situated, make relaxed, unprovoked, dislodge, secrete, open, well-to-do, swooning, tighten, let go, phlegmy, big, loosen up, unconsolidated, relax, wobbly, emit, friable, unwind, broad, unclouded, emancipate, tease apart, loosen, low-cal, precise, let loose, unconnected, well-off, disengage, exposed, unfreeze, relinquish, whorish, lightsome, unblock, unrestrained, undetermined, inexact, sandy, relaxed, leisurely, undecided, undefendable, turn, movable, rid, undone, let out, unbend, short, freehanded, motiveless, well-fixed, release, capable, wanton, silty, innocent, on the loose, well-heeled, slacken, unchaste, unconfined, shake off restraint, undo, groundless, libertine, scant, opened, light, random, flee, unwarranted, justify, unaffixed, irresponsible, faint, comfortable, issue, flyaway, tight, fast, uncontrolled, disembarrass, unofficial, publish, exempt, free, unbound, escape, idle, slow down, sluttish, lightheaded, openhanded, unleash, absolve, clear, utter, resign, liberate, large-minded, wakeful, unaccented, coarse, subject, liberal.
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incoherent (part of speech: adjective)
- dispersed,
- discontinuous,
- noncontiguous,
- non-cohesive,
- lax,
- detached,
- fuzzy,
- broken,
- disjointed,
- divergent,
- sporadic,
- inconsistent,
- incoherent,
- disarticulated,
- unconsolidated,
- nonadhesive,
- nonuniform,
- disconnected
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chaotic (part of speech: adjective)
- shapeless,
- disorganized,
- cluttered,
- lawless,
- inexact,
- insane,
- inchoate,
- confused,
- disarrayed,
- tumultuous,
- inconsistent,
- out of control,
- embroiled,
- deformed,
- perturbed,
- unruly,
- deranged,
- undisciplined,
- wild,
- messy,
- formless,
- lax,
- chaotic,
- tempestuous,
- disconnected,
- discomposed,
- disordered,
- rambunctious,
- incoherent,
- blurry,
- indefinite,
- muddled,
- obscure,
- jumbled,
- irregular,
- frantic,
- fuzzy,
- frenzied,
- amorphous,
- disorderly,
- anarchical,
- disheveled,
- indistinct,
- uneven,
- anarchistic,
- disintegrated
- liberated (part of speech: adjective)
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loose (part of speech: adjective)
- flaccid,
- discontinuous,
- nonadhesive,
- non-coherent,
- non-adherent,
- detached,
- inconsistent,
- broken,
- disjointed,
- incoherent,
- unattached,
- limp,
- lax,
- disarticulated,
- unfastened,
- non-cohesive,
- slack,
- disconnected
- slack (part of speech: adjective)
Usage examples:
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When he came into its streets there were those who laughed, for he was very tall and rude, and his grey hair hung loose on his shoulders, and his dress was still a hunter's.
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One was for it to get loose and the other for somebody to work it loose.
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Her husband ran after them but he never reached them, only now and then she let fall some of the loose clothes that covered her.