footloose

foot·loose

adj \-ˌlüs\

Definition of FOOTLOOSE

: having no ties : free to move about

Examples of FOOTLOOSE

1. When she was 20, she was footloose and fancy-free, with no family or serious career to tie her down.
2. <after having been chained for so long, the suddenly footloose dog ran helter-skelter about the yard>

First Known Use of FOOTLOOSE

1873

Related to FOOTLOOSE

Synonyms: free, loose, unbound, unconfined, unrestrained

Antonyms: bound, confined, restrained, unfree

Related Words: escaped; uncaged, unchained, unfettered, unleashed; uncaught; unanchored, unbolted, undone, unfastened, untied; clear, disengaged

Near Antonyms: caught; caged, chained, enclosed (also inclosed), immured, imprisoned, leashed, penned; anchored, bolted, fastened, fettered, manacled, shackled, tied; kidnapped (also kidnaped)

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Rhymes with FOOTLOOSE

Aarhus, abstruse, abuse, adduce, Atreus, blue spruce, burnoose, caboose, Cayuse, Cepheus, ceruse, charmeuse, chartreuse, Chartreuse, conduce, couscous, cut loose, deduce, diffuse, disuse, educe, effuse, excuse, fair use, hang loose, induce, Lanús, misuse, mongoose, Morpheus, negus, obtuse, Orpheus, papoose, Peleus, Perseus, prepuce, produce, profuse, Proteus, Purus, recluse, red spruce, reduce, refuse, retuse, reuse, Sanctus, seduce, slip noose, snow goose, Tereus, Theseus, traduce, transduce, turn loose, unloose, vamoose