loose





loose - verb

  • grant freedom to; free from confinement
  • turn loose or free from restraint
  • make loose or looser
  • become loose or looser or less tight

loose - adjective

  • not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
  • not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  • not affixed
  • (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
  • not officially recognized or controlled
  • not literal
  • emptying easily or excessively
  • not tense or taut
  • (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
  • lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
  • not carefully arranged in a package
  • having escaped, especially from confinement

loose - adverb

  • without restraint

loose - thesaurus

escaped   free   idle   informal   lax   liberal   liberate   loosen   open   relax   release   slack   unaffixed   unleash   unloose   unloosen  


View spelling list Long /oo/ spelled oo and learn about the word loose in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 13. Spelling choices for /oo/ sound: oo, ou.

Scrabble score for loose

l is 1 o is 1 o is 1 s is 1 e is 1
Scrabble score = 5

generated at 14:34:53 on 29-04-24

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