looseness

looseness is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.
2. noun. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

   Synonyms: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, profligacy

3. noun. movement or space for movement

   "there was too much play in the steering wheel"

   Synonyms: play

4. noun. the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
5. noun. a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice

   "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"

6. noun. freedom from restraint

   "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"

7. noun. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

   Synonyms: diarrhea, diarrhoea

Synonyms

dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, profligacy, play, diarrhea, diarrhoea

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