LOOSES Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

looses

verb

present tense third-person singular of loose

as in fires

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them

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as in unleashes

to find emotional release for do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by

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as in frees

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock

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as in loosens

to set free (from a state of being held in check) the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide

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Recent Examples of looses Candytuft is evergreen in warm Southern climes, but looses its foliage in cold northerly locations. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025

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Verb

In the show’s second season, Lumon struggles to contain the fallout from these discoveries and fires the head of the severed floor, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), replacing her with her former deputy, Seth Milchick (Tillman).

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
In production, a specific number fires the protocol long before any mortality.

— Nilton Bernini, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of fires

Verb

Reuniting much of the cast of his Nosferatu, Robert Eggers unleashes a furry shapeshifter on a 13th-century village.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
The Troop follows a troop of boys who, while on their annual scout camping trip, encounter an intruder who unleashes something far more terrifying than any campfire ghost story.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of unleashes

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Blonde loosens the plot, leaning into the unreliability of memory and the false truths that occupy the gaps between love and certainty.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
In Antonioni’s film, after a woman disappears during a boating vacation, her partner and her best friend travel around looking for her, while the bond between them tightens and their grip on the threads of certainty loosens.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of loosens

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Searchlight just announced the project, which shoots in New York this fall.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Steinbach shoots other aspects of nature as well, displaying a particular fondness for the images of plants and trees reflected in shimmering bodies of water.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoots

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Spartans quarterback Steve Clarkson, throws for 285 yards, three touchdowns and scores on a three-yard keeper for the win after a Cardinal fumble.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Hagerty’s Royce Jenkins throws an 11 yard touchdown pass to Colton Hatfield.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of throws

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For now, India's strategy appears to be building its own dam in Arunachal Pradesh in case China releases — perhaps deliberately — enormous quantities of water, as Chief Minister Khandu suggested in June last year to the outlet, Press Trust of India.

— Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
Burning fossil fuels releases pollutants that form fine particles and ground-level ozone, increasing risks of heart and lung disease and premature death.

— Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026