No money, no job, no friends. He was truly at loose ends.
Source: tatoeba (18572)
Loose
/luːs/
Synonyms for "loose" (606 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (122)
Adjective(11 words)
Adjective(4 words)
abandonedabateabsonantadriftaffableafloatafoot and lightheartedaidaimlessaleatoricaleatoryalleviateamorphousapproximateapproximativeat largeat libertyaweighbaggingbaggy
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ballooningbarbaricbarbarousbatebeat upbeat-upbedraggledblobbyblowzyblurredblurrybohemianbreak loosebroadby the waycapriciouscarelesscast offcast-offcasualchamberingchancechancychaoticchintzyclearclear the wayconfusedcontradictorycontrary to reasoncool offcordialcorruptculpably negligentdanglingdebaucheddegagedeliverderelictdesultorydetachdetacheddeviativediffusedigressivedilapidateddischargedisconnecteddiscontinuousdiscursivedisengagedisengageddisenthralldisjoindisjointeddisordereddisorganizeddispersedisperseddissolutedoffdown at the heeldrabbletaileddraggleddraggletaileddroopingdroopyeaseease offease upeasyeasygoingemancipateemancipatedemitepisodicerroneousescapeescapedexcursiveexpediteexplainextravagantfacilitatefallaciousfamiliar
Noun(1 words)
detached from
Strong matches (181)
fastfaultyfinefireflabbyflaccidflappingflawedfledfleeflimsyfloatingfloppyflowingflownfoggyfolksyfootloosefootloose and fancy-freefree
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free and easyfree as airfreebornfreedfrowzyfrumpishfrumpyfugitivefuzzygeneralgive out withgo gogo-as-you-pleasego-gograciousgreasegrease the waysgrease the wheelsgrubbyhangingharshhastenhaymishhazyhelphelp alonghit-or-misshomelyhomeyill-definedillogicalimmoderateimmodestimmoralimpotentimpreciseimproperimpurein disarrayin disorderin ragsin the clearinaccurateinadvertentinattentiveinauthenticinchoateincoherentinconclusiveincongruousinconsequentinconsequentialinconsistentinconstantincontinentincorrectindecisiveindecorousindefinableindefiniteindeterminableindeterminateindifferentindistinctindulgentinexactinfelicitousinformalintemperateinvalidirrationalirregularirrepressiblelaissez fairelaissez-fairelanguorouslaxlenientlessenlet downlet flylet golet uplewdliberateliberatedlibertinelibertylicenselicentiouslightlimploose-moraledloosenloplop-earedloppylubricatelumpenmake clearmake way formanumitmaunderingmeagremessymitigatemovablemussynaturalneglectfulneglectingnegligentnoddingnonadhesivenoninterferingnonrestrictivenonscientificnonspecificnot followingobsceneobscureof easy virtueof loose moralsoff guardoff-guardoffhandoffhandedoilon the loose
Adjective(21 words)
fireflabbiestfloating nodefreehand shapesfreehand shapingfreehand stylefreehandedidleimpreciseindulgentinformalinformal languageinformal ruleslaxerlenientliberalliberatelightloosenloosest
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not fixed
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (303)
Adjective(38 words)
on the looseopenpermissivepromiscuousrunny ketchupshootslackenslouchierslouchysluttishsoft transition planstretchytensionlessunaffixedunfastenunfastenedunleashunpackaged materialunsecuredunshackle
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unstructured classroomunstructured dataunstructured dayunstructured executionunstructured guidanceunstructured inquiryunstructured learningunstructured learning activitiesunstructured lessonunstructured narrationunstructured planunstructured systemunstructured templateunstructured textuntethereduntievaguewanton
open the wayopen uporderlessout ofout of controlout of handout of lineout of plumbout of squareout of trueoverindulgentoverly permissiveoverpermissivepaphianparalogicalpave the waypermissivepervertedplainpoky
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prepare the wayprocrastinatingprofligatepromiscuousprurientquickenraggedraggedyramblingrampantrandomreasonlessrecklessredeemreinlessrelaxrelaxedreleasereleasedrelinquishremissremitremoveremove frictionricketyriotousroughrovingrubberyruinousrunrun interference forrunawaysaggingsagging in foldssaggyscampingscatterscot freescot-freescragglyseedyself-annullingself-contradictoryself-refutingsenselesssensualseparateset freeshabbyshadowed forthshadowyshakyshapelessshoddyshootsimplesimplifysit backskimpingslackslack offslack upslackenslakeslapdashslatternlyslightingslipshodsloppyslovenlyslurringsluttishsmoothsmooth the waysoap the wayssociablesoftsolecisticsordidspeedspread aboutspringsqualidstartedstochasticstreamingswagsweepingtackytake it easytake offtatteredunaffectedunanchoredunassumingunattachedunauthenticunbarunbendunbindunblockunboltunboundunbraceunbridleunbridledunbuckleunbuttonuncageunceremoniousunchainunchainedunchasteuncheckeduncircumspectunclaspunclearuncloguncoerceduncommitteduncompelledunconfinedunconnectedunconstraineduncontrolledunconventionaluncurbedundefinedundestinedundeterminedundoundoneunengagedunfactualunfastenunfastenedunfetterunfetteredunfixedunforcedungagunglueungovernedungrammaticunguardedunhandcuffunhobbleuninhibiteduninvolvedunjamunkemptunlaceunlashunlatchunleashunlockunlooseunloosenunmanacleunmasteredunmeasuredunmooredunmuzzleunmuzzledunneatunofficialunpenunphilosophicalunpinionunplainunpreciseunreasonableunreinedunrepressedunreservedunrestrainedunrestrictiveunrigorousunrulyunscientificunsecuredunshackleunshackledunsightlyunspecificunspecifiedunstickunstrainunstrapunstringunstuckunstudiedunsubduedunsuppresseduntetheruntidyuntieuntieduntightenuntrussunwaryunwatchfulunyokevagueveiledventvoluminouswanderingwantonwaywardweakweigh anchorwell out ofwhorishwildwithout reasonwithout rhyme or reason
Noun(6 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
16 entriesCollocations
10 entriesloose changeloose endloose endsloose fitloose interpretationloose knotloose policyloose ropeloose screwsloose soil
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
6 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
41 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- неопакован adj (not packaged)
- разпуснат adj (promiscuous)
Catalan
1 entries- promiscu adj (promiscuous)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سووک adj (promiscuous)
Dutch
1 entries- los adj (not packaged)
Finnish
4 entries- epäsiveellinen adj (promiscuous)
- irto- adj (not packaged)
- irtonainen adj (not packaged)
- löyhätapainen adj (promiscuous)
French
3 entries- débauché adj (promiscuous)
- facile adj (promiscuous)
- à la pièce adj (not packaged)
German
4 entries- ausschweifend adj (promiscuous)
- los adj (promiscuous)
- lose adj (not packaged)
- zügellos adj (promiscuous)
Greek
3 entries- έκλυτος adj (promiscuous)
- ακόλαστος adj (promiscuous)
- χύμα adj (not packaged)
Hindi
1 entries- खुला adj (not packaged)
Hungarian
4 entries- csomagolatlan adj (not packaged)
- kimérve/súlyra kapható adj (not packaged)
- lédig adj (not packaged)
- ömlesztett adj (not packaged)
Italian
2 entries- sciolto adj (not packaged)
- sfuso adj (not packaged)
Māori
1 entries- tarau makere adj (promiscuous)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- løs adj (not packaged)
Polish
1 entries- luzem adj (not packaged)
Portuguese
2 entries- desembalado adj (not packaged)
- promíscuo adj (promiscuous)
Russian
3 entries- неупако́ванный adj (not packaged)
- распу́тный adj (promiscuous)
- распу́щенный adj (promiscuous)
Spanish
4 entries- golfo adj (promiscuous)
- libertino adj (promiscuous)
- ligero adj (promiscuous)
- promiscuo adj (promiscuous)
Swedish
2 entries- lösaktig adj (promiscuous)
- promiskuös adj (promiscuous)
Sample sentences
43 total sentences available.
Before saying goodbye to their neighbors, the Smiths had to tie up some loose ends inside the house.
Source: tatoeba (18669)
Check all the loose knots and fasten them tight.
Source: tatoeba (20951)
After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
Source: tatoeba (24179)
Showing 4 of 43 available sentences.