Thesaurus:loose

Thesaurus

loose

English

Adjective

Sense: not fixed in place tightly or firmly

Synonyms

• free
• loose
• unfastened
• unsecured
• unstapled

Antonyms

• tight    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• overloose
• ultraloose
•   —
• sandish
• shattery

Hypernyms

• portable    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:rickety (unsteady, wobbly, etc)
• Thesaurus:separate ("not connected to or attached")

Further reading

• “44. disjunction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “loose” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.