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not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched<secure your neckerchief with a loose knot>Synonymsinsecure, lax, loosened, relaxed, slack, slackened, unsecuredRelated Wordsdetached, free, unattached, unbound, undone, unfastened, untied; baggy; nonrestrictiveNear Antonymsconstrained, restrained; attached, bound, fastened, tiedAntonymstaut, tense, tight
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consisting of particles that do not stick together<the car wheels slipped on the loose gravel in the driveway>Synonymsincoherent, unconsolidatedRelated Wordsnonadhesive; disconnected, disjointed, separate, unconnected; coarse, granular, roughNear Antonymsconnected, solid; compacted, compressed; adhesive, gluey, stickyAntonymscoherent, compact, dense, packed
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not bound by rigid standards<we were given some loose guidelines for our science projects>— see easygoing 2
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not bound, confined, or detained by force<there was a brief panic when the lion got loose from its cage at the zoo>— see free 3
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not precisely correct<a loose guess about the size of the crowd>— see inexact 1
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