Definition of looses

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• looses is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• looses is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• looses is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of looses

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a loose weave

  Synonyms

  1. open
• make loose or looser (verb)

  Examples

  1. loosen the tension on a rope

  Synonyms

  1. loosen
• having escaped, especially from confinement (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dogs loose on the streets
  2. criminals on the loose in the neighborhood

  Synonyms

  1. at large
  2. escaped
  3. on the loose
• emptying easily or excessively (adjective)

  Examples

  1. loose bowels

  Synonyms

  1. lax
• grant freedom to; free from confinement (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. free
  2. liberate
  3. release
  4. unloose
  5. unloosen
• turn loose or free from restraint (verb)

  Examples

  1. let loose mines

  Synonyms

  1. let loose
  2. unleash
• not affixed (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the stamp came loose

  Synonyms

  1. unaffixed
• not literal (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a loose interpretation of what she had been told

  Synonyms

  1. free
  2. liberal
• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior (adjective)

  Examples

  1. he was told to avoid loose (or light) women

  Synonyms

  1. easy
  2. light
  3. promiscuous
  4. sluttish
  5. wanton
• not tense or taut (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the old man's skin hung loose and grey

  Synonyms

  1. slack
• without restraint (adverb)

  Examples

  1. cows in India are running loose

  Synonyms

  1. free
• become loose or looser or less tight (verb)

  Examples

  1. The noose loosened

  Synonyms

  1. loosen
  2. relax
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a loose tongue

  Synonyms

  1. idle
• not officially recognized or controlled (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a loose organization of the local farmers

  Synonyms

  1. informal
• not carefully arranged in a package (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a box of loose nails
• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement (adjective)

  Examples

  1. loose gravel
• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting (adjective)

  Examples

  1. loose clothing
  2. the large shoes were very loose
• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a loose ball

See definition of looses in Merriam Webster