What is the synonym for loose?

untied, unpinned, unbound, hanging free, down, flowing, floppy. 3’there’s a wolf loose in the woods’ free, at large, at liberty, on the loose, escaped. unconfined, untied, unchained, untethered, unsecured, unshackled, unfastened, unrestricted, unbound. freed, let go, liberated, released, set loose.

What does it mean if something is loose?

If something is loose, it’s not attached very securely to anything.

What is the synonym of get loose from?

What is another word for get loose?

free	extricate
unleash	untangle
cast off	get free
get out	let go
pull free	pull out

What is the synonym and antonym of loose?

looseadjective. Synonyms: unbound, detached, flowing, scattered, sparse, incompact, vague, inexact, rambling, dissolute, licentious. Antonyms: bound, tied, fastened, tight, moored, lashed, secured, thick, close, dense, compact, pointed, accurate, exact, consecutive, strict, logical, scientific, conscientious.

What is the synonym of loosened?

In this page you can discover 46 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for loosen, like: relax, undo, slacken, extricate, release, unfix, work loose, work free, loose, go slack and break up.

How do you use the word loose?

“Loose” is an adjective used to describe things that are not tight or contained. It can be used as a verb meaning to set free or release – (i.e. the hounds have been loosed) – but it is rarely used this way. “Lose” is a verb that means to suffer a loss, to be deprived of, to part with or to fail to keep possession of.

What is a synonym for loosely?

broadly, slackly, generally, broadly speaking. broadly, loosely, broadly speaking, generallyadverb.

What’s the opposite of loosened?

What is the opposite of loosened?

taut	tense
obdurate	flexed
stressed	snug
rigorous	not loose
not slack

What is the synonym of decreasing?

verb. 1’pollution levels had been gradually decreasing’ lessen, become less, grow less, become smaller, grow smaller, reduce, drop, diminish, decline, dwindle, contract, shrink, fall off, die down. abate, subside, let up, tail off, ebb, wane, taper off, peter out, lighten.

Can Loose be used as a verb?

Loose ends with an s sound and rhymes with moose. Lose ends with a z sound and rhymes with choose. One reason that the two words are sometimes confused is that loose can also be used as a verb, most commonly meaning to free something from a restraint, as in loose the cannons!

What is another word for loosely?

vaguely	indistinctly
in a general way	inexactly
approximately	approximatively
liberally	inexplicitly
unrigorously	inaccurately