"Educational autism" in the California school system apparently has looser criteria than the DSM-IV's series of autistic disorders.
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Looser
//ˈluːsə//
Synonyms for "looser" (648 found)
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freeloosenbaggyfireinformallaxlet golightpromiscuousseparateuncontrolledunleashabandonedabateabsonantadriftaffableafloatafoot and lightheartedaid
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aimlessaleatoricaleatoryalleviateamorphousapproximateapproximativeat largeat libertyaweighbaggingballooningbarbaricbarbarousbatebeat upbeat-upbedraggledblobbyblowzyblurredblurrybohemianbreak loosebroadby the waycapriciouscarelesscast offcast-offcasualchamberingchancechancychaoticchintzyclearclear the waycoarseconfusedcontradictorycontrary to reasoncool offcordialcorruptculpably negligentdanglingdebaucheddegagedeliverderelictdesultorydetachdetacheddeviativediffusedigressivedilapidateddischargedisconnecteddiscontinuousdiscursivedisengagedisengageddisenthralldisjoindisjointeddisordereddisorganizeddispersedisperseddissolutedoffdown at the heeldrabbletaileddraggleddraggletaileddroopingdroopyeaseease offease upeasy
Adjective(21 words)
diffuselashpromiscuousbadbaggybefuddledbesottedbibulousblind drunkblottoboskybuzzedcarefreechillcockeyedcornycrapulouscutdevil-may-caredifferent
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Adjective(30 words)
easygoingemancipateemancipatedemitepisodicerroneousescapeescapedexcursiveexpediteexplainextravagantfacilitatefallaciousfamiliarfastfaultyfineflabbyflaccid
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flappingflawedfledfleeflimsyfloatingfloppyflowingflownflyawayfoggyfolksyfootloosefootloose and fancy-freefree and easyfree as airfreebornfreedfrowzyfrumpishfrumpyfugitivefuzzygeneralgive out withgo gogo-as-you-pleasego-gograciousgreasegrease the waysgrease the wheelsgrubbyhangingharshhastenhaymishhazyhelphelp alonghit-or-misshomelyhomeyill-definedillogicalimmoderateimmodestimmoralimpotentimpreciseimproperimpurein disarrayin disorderin ragsin the clearinaccurateinadvertentinattentiveinauthenticinchoateincoherentinconclusiveincongruousinconsequentinconsequentialinconsistentinconstantincontinentincorrectindecisiveindecorousindefinableindefiniteindeterminableindeterminateindifferentindiscreetindistinctindulgentinexactinfelicitousintemperateinvalidirrationalirregularirrepressibleirresponsiblelaissez fairelaissez-fairelanguorouslenientlessenlet downlet flylet uplewdliberalliberateliberatedlibertinelibertylicenselicentiouslimploose fittingloose limbedloose-moraledloplop-earedloppylubricatelumpenmake clearmake way formanumitmaunderingmeagremessymitigatemovablemussynaturalneglectfulneglectingnegligentnoddingnonadhesivenoninterferingnonrestrictivenonscientific
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nonspecificnot followingobsceneobscureof easy virtueof loose moralsoff guardoff-guardoffhandoffhandedoilon looseon the looseopen the wayopen uporderlessout ofout of controlout of handout of line
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out of plumbout of squareout of trueoverindulgentoverly permissiveoverpermissivepaphianparalogicalpave the waypermissivepervertedplainpokypolygamousprepare the wayprocrastinatingprofligateprurientquickenraggedraggedyramblingrampantrandomreasonlessrecklessredeemreinlessrelaxrelaxedreleasereleasedrelinquishremissremitremoveremove frictionricketyriotousroughrovingrubberyruinousrunrun interference forrunawaysaggingsagging in foldssaggyscampingscatterscot freescot-freescragglyseedyself-annullingself-contradictoryself-refutingsenselesssensualset freeshabbyshadowed forthshadowyshakyshapelessshiftingshoddyshootsiltysimplesimplifysit backskimpingslackslack offslack upslackenslakeslapdashslatternlyslightingslipshodsloppyslovenlyslurringsluttishsmoothsmooth the waysoap the wayssociablesoftsolecisticsordidspeedspread aboutspringsqualidstartedstochasticstreamingswagsweepingtackytake it easytake offtatteredtightunaffectedunaffixedunanchoredunassumingunattachedunauthenticunbarunbendunbindunblockunboltunboundunbraceunbridleunbridledunbuckleunbuttonuncageunceremoniousunchainunchainedunchasteuncheckeduncircumspectunclaspunclearuncloguncoerceduncommitteduncompelledunconfinedunconnectedunconsolidatedunconstipatedunconstrainedunconventionaluncurbedundefinedundestinedundeterminedundoundoneunengagedunfactualunfastenunfastenedunfetterunfetteredunfixedunforcedungagunglueungovernedungrammaticunguardedunhandcuffunhobbleuninhibiteduninvolvedunjamunkemptunlaceunlashunlatchunlockunlooseunloosenunmanacleunmasteredunmeasuredunmooredunmuzzleunmuzzledunneatunofficialunpackagedunpenunphilosophicalunpinionunplainunpreciseunreasonableunreinedunrepressedunreservedunrestrainedunrestrictiveunrigorousunrulyunscientificunsecuredunshackleunshackledunsightlyunspecificunspecifiedunstickunstrainunstrapunstringunstuckunstudiedunsubduedunsuppresseduntetheruntidyuntieuntieduntightenuntrussunwaryunwatchfulunyokevagueveiledventvoluminouswanderingwantonwaywardweakweigh anchorwell out ofwhorishwildwithout reasonwithout rhyme or reason
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Biden supports Democratic Party policies such as stricter gun control, looser immigration laws and higher minimum wages.
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The soil is a lot looser.
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Her new T-shirt was just a little bit looser than the old one.
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