The Meaning of loose

• (superl.) Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
• (superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
• (superl.) Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
• (superl.) Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
• (superl.) Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
• (superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
• (superl.) Unconnected; rambling.
• (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
• (superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
• (superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
• (n.) Freedom from restraint.
• (n.) A letting go; discharge.
• (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
• (a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
• (a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
• (a.) To solve; to interpret.
• (v. i.) To set sail.

Synonyms

Untie , unfasten , let. , Unbound , detached , flowing , scattered , sparse , incompact , vague , inexact , rambling , dissolute , licentious.

Antonyms

Tie , fasten , hold , retain. , Bound , tied , fastened , tight , moored , lashed , secured , thick , close , dense , compact , pointed , accurate , exact , consecutive , strict , logical , scientific , conscientious.

Homophones

leuce , luce

Rhymes

abstruse , abuse , asmus , boose , bruce , caboose , chartreuse , cheuse , coos , cruce , cuisse , damoose , deduce , derousse , deuce , deuss , diffuse , disabuse , disuse , doose , douce , druce , duce , ekeus , excuse , footloose , goose , hoose , induce , introduce , juice , labouisse , lajous , luce , misuse , moose , mousse , noose , nous , obtuse , overproduce , prepuce , preuss , produce , profuse , recluse , reduce , reintroduce , reproduce , reuse , ruess , seduce , seuss , sluice , spruce , truce , tyus , use , vanhoose , yous , zeus