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loose
Synonyms and Antonyms of loose
- Secure your neckerchief with a loose knot.
- The car wheels slipped on the loose gravel in the driveway.
- a loose interpretation of the law
- There was a brief panic when the lion got loose from its cage at the zoo.
at large, at liberty
- a loose guess about the size of the crowd at the outdoor concert
certain, incontestable, indubitable, positive, sure, undeniable, unquestionable
correct, errorless, factual, right, sound, true, valid
clear-cut, decisive, definable, defined, definite
incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable
confirmed, corroborated, determined, established, substantiated, supported, validated
- He was accused of loose behavior.
loose
Synonyms and Antonyms of loose
- The archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them.
- Do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by.
give way (to)
- He opened the jar and loosed the fireflies.
discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, free, liberate, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
turn loose
- The storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide.
let go
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