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What is the adjective for loose?

What's the adjective for loose? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs loose and loosen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

loose
  1. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
  2. Not held or packaged together.
  3. Not under control.
  4. Not fitting closely
  5. Not compact.
  6. Relaxed.
  7. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
  8. Indiscreet.
  9. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
  10. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
  11. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. lax, loosened, slack, slackened, insecure, limp, unsecured, flaccid, sloppy, unrestricted, unbound, unfastened, unrestrained, untied, detached, unfettered, unshackled, untethered, disconnected, movable, unattached, droopy, supple, unclasped, unconnected, undone, unhinged, unhooked, unlatched, free-swinging, relaxed, unsteady, rickety, infirm, flexible, floppy, slouchy, ductile, pendulous, pliable, bendy, pliant, limber, weak, feeble, flimsy, unstable, loose-fitting, shaky, rocky … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “Sebastian grabbed the loose end of the rope, but before he could tie it to the mast, the heavy wind caused the ship to suddenly veer starboard.”
      “Most were dressed in comfortable, loose clothing, totally practical for the occasion.”
      “Trying to stand on a loose platform can easily result in a fall.”
looseleaf
  1. Consisting of loose leaves (pages), often collected in a binder, rather than being bound like a book or stapled.
loosened
  1. Having been made less tight or more relaxed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lax, loose, slack, relaxed, slackened, insecure, unsecured, unfastened, untied, unattached, unhooked, unbound, limp, untethered, unrestricted, flaccid, disconnected, undone, unclasped, unhinged, unlatched, droopy, sloppy, unrestrained, unfettered, detached, movable, unconnected, supple, unshackled, flexible, floppy, pliant, flimsy, rickety, unsteady, slouchy, infirm, ductile, pendulous, pliable, bendy, limber, weak, feeble, loose-fitting, free-swinging, nonsecured, unbuttoned, open … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I began grabbing each free end, and pulling as much of the loosened rope out of the core as possible.”
looseish
  1. Alternative form of loosish
loosish
  1. Somewhat loose.
loosest
  1. superlative form of loose: most loose
  2. Synonyms:
      3. laxest, slackest, limpest, sloppiest, droopiest, supplest, most loosened, most insecure, most flaccid, most unrestricted, most unrestrained, most detached, most unfettered, most untethered, most disconnected, most movable, most unattached, most unclasped, most unconnected, most unhinged, baggiest, slouchiest, roomiest, amplest, flabbiest, most sagging, most voluminous, most formless, wobbliest, ricketiest, unsteadiest, most incoherent, most unconsolidated, floppiest, most flowing, vaguest, roughest, broadest, obscurest, squishiest, most imprecise, most inexact, most indefinite … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Move over Blocker, you've been usurped, dethroned and pretty-much dumped as Rugby League's loosest lip.”
      “Unfortunately, these categories provide only the loosest possible organizing system for such varied delights.”
      “The result, even at its loosest, is as formal and choreographed as the stiffest and most status-conscious dinner party.”
loosed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of loose
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unleashed, unchained, unfettered, unloosed, untied, detached, unbound, unbounden, undid, undone, untethered, disconnected, disengaged, loosened, uncorked, unfastened, unlocked, unloosened, unbridled, unclicked, unpenned, let go, set free, took out, taken out, relaxed, slackened, eased, lessened, weakened, diminished, moderated, reduced, released, slacked, softened, untightened, discharged, fired, shot, shotten, blasted, catapulted, ejected, squeezed off, let fly with, liberated, freed … more
loosing
  1. present participle of loose
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unleashing, unchaining, unfettering, unloosing, untying, detaching, unbinding, undoing, untethering, disconnecting, disengaging, loosening, uncorking, unfastening, unlocking, unloosening, unbridling, unclicking, unpenning, letting go, setting free, taking out, relaxing, slackening, easing, lessening, weakening, diminishing, moderating, reducing, releasing, slacking, softening, untightening, discharging, firing, shooting, blasting, catapulting, ejecting, squeezing off, letting fly with, liberating, freeing, emancipating, enfranchising … more
loosening
  1. present participle of loosen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slackening, loosing, untightening, slacking, easing, relaxing, releasing, becoming loose, becoming slack, making slack, slackening off, unclenching, letting go, making looser, unknotting, becoming looser, opening, freeing, veering, disburdening, disengaging, unloosing, easing off, relinquishing, easing up, relieving, letting up, becoming less stiff, becoming less rigid, becoming less tense, undoing, untying, unfastening, unlocking, unbinding, unclasping, detaching, unleashing, unloosening, extricating, uncorking, disconnecting, separating … more
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