Scrabble & Words with friends points
- loose is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
- loose is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
- loose is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of loose
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps (adjective)
Examples
- a loose weave
Synonyms
- open
- make loose or looser (verb)
Examples
- loosen the tension on a rope
Synonyms
- loosen
- having escaped, especially from confinement (adjective)
Examples
- dogs loose on the streets
- criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
Synonyms
- at large
- escaped
- on the loose
- emptying easily or excessively (adjective)
Examples
- loose bowels
Synonyms
- lax
- grant freedom to; free from confinement (verb)
Synonyms
- free
- liberate
- release
- unloose
- unloosen
- turn loose or free from restraint (verb)
Examples
- let loose mines
Synonyms
- let loose
- unleash
- not affixed (adjective)
Examples
- the stamp came loose
Synonyms
- unaffixed
- not literal (adjective)
Examples
- a loose interpretation of what she had been told
Synonyms
- free
- liberal
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior (adjective)
Examples
- he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
Synonyms
- easy
- light
- promiscuous
- sluttish
- wanton
- not tense or taut (adjective)
Examples
- the old man's skin hung loose and grey
Synonyms
- slack
- without restraint (adverb)
Examples
- cows in India are running loose
Synonyms
- free
- become loose or looser or less tight (verb)
Examples
- The noose loosened
Synonyms
- loosen
- relax
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility (adjective)
Examples
- a loose tongue
Synonyms
- idle
- not officially recognized or controlled (adjective)
Examples
- a loose organization of the local farmers
Synonyms
- informal
- not carefully arranged in a package (adjective)
Examples
- a box of loose nails
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement (adjective)
Examples
- loose gravel
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting (adjective)
Examples
- loose clothing
- the large shoes were very loose
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player (adjective)
Examples
- a loose ball
See definition of loose in Merriam Webster