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loose
adjective as in not tight; unconstrained
Strong matches
adjective as in indefinite, vague
adjective as in promiscuous
verb as in set free; unbind
Weak matches
- alleviate
- become unfastened
- deliver
- detach
- discharge
- disconnect
- disengage
- disenthrall
- disjoin
- ease
- ease off
- emancipate
- extricate
- free
- let go
- let out
- liberate
- manumit
- mitigate
- relax
- release
- separate
- slacken
- unbar
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unpin
- unscrew
- unsnap
- unstick
- unstrap
- untie
- untighten
- work free
- work loose
Example Sentences
These measures are used to calibrate whether policy is loose, neutral or too tight.
Service personnel were thrown from their horses and the animals ran loose, smashing into vehicles, including a double-decker bus, resulting in a number of injuries.
As a child, Lisa Su opened up her brother’s remote-controlled car when it broke, and, as she tells it, identified a loose wire connection and taught herself how to repair the toy.
In Japan, the yen is under pressure on bets that the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi will pursue loose fiscal and monetary policy.
“He looked like a literal man amongst boys, like someone had let a wild animal loose,” Alexander says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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