Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "loop" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

A-B loop Dunville Loop Henle loop Henle's loop Latham loop Lebanese loop Lippes loop Lofstrom loop Moufang loop Murray loop bridge Möbius loop Orowan loop Varley loop Wilson loop adjustable loop afferent loop syndrome angler's loop artillery loop autoloop autoregulatory loop belt loop blind loop syndrome boot loop busy loop causal loop causal loop paradox close the loop closed loop closed time loop coloop compulsion loop core loop crossed loop sensor cryoloop death loop do loop do-while loop doom loop earloop edge loop endoloop exoloop fisherman's loop foreach loop fruit loop ground loop gunloop harness loop hearing loop hemiloop heptaloop hexaloop hyperloop hysteresis loop induction loop interloop intraloop keep someone in the loop launch loop local loop locker loop loop de loop loop device loop disconnect dialing loop diuretic loop hole loop in loop invariant loop jump loop line loop of Henle loop off loop pedal loop quantum gravity loop ratio loop the loop loop transfer function loop up loop-de-loop loop-knot loop-the-loop loop-top loop-window loopable loopback looper loopful loophole loopless looplet looplight looplike loopline loopoid looptail looptop loopwise loopy multiloop nanoloop nephron loop octaloop on loop on loop open-loop outside loop penalty loop pentaloop phase-locked loop semiloop service loop small loop stagnant loop syndrome stem-loop strange loop subloop tetraloop throw for a loop time loop toe loop triloop ulnar loop unloop

Etymologically Related To

leap

Inflected/Variant Forms

loup

Context

algebra biochemistry graph theory programming topology transportation

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

IUD Jordan curve airplane maneuver bind camp circle circuit clique computer program computer programme control structure coterie electric circuit electrical circuit entwine fastener fastening fingerprint fixing flight maneuver holdfast ingroup inner circle intrauterine device knit network topology pack physical process process program programme roll simple closed curve tie topology twine wind wrap

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

balloon loop crossing loop endless loop event loop feedback loop for loop hanging loop infinite loop inside loop main loop message loop passing loop platform loop read-eval-print loop reconciliation loop reversing loop run loop self-loop span loop tight loop while loop

Type Of (IsA)

clique control structure directed edge fingerprint flight maneuver intrauterine device multiply connected thing program rigid portable object round thing simple closed curve

Manner Of

circle knit tie

Related Terms

hook-and-loop hook-and-loop fastener in the loop knock for a loop loop antenna loop the loop out of the loop time-loop logic

Related Terms

aerobatic aircraft backwards backwards pool beltway bend chicago chicago loop chicago train circle circled circuit circular circular shape circular thing coaster coaster trick complete component condition continuous cowboy cowboy lasso cross current curve doubled edge electric electrical encircle endless fasten film flies fly form identity element instruction intrauterine device join knot lasso lasso circle length line loophole make make knot maneuver move opening oval oval shape over path plane point pool programmed quasigroup repeat repetition ring road rope round satisfied sequence shape string string circle tape thread train trick until vertex vertical while

Synonym Network

closed circuit coil cringle iteration loop topology

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.