What Does Loose Mean?

The word loose means not restrained or not confined or not attached. Loose is also defined as not compact or dense in structure or arrangement. A loose ball in sport means; a ball that is not in possession or control any of the players. Loose is the antonym of the word tight. It means not tight or not closely constrained, not closely constricted or not closely constricting.

The word loose also means informal or not officially recognised or controlled. It also means free or not literal. Loose is sometimes used in the sense of the term lax, as in something that empties easily or excessively. Loose is also a synonym of the word unaffixed or not affixed.

Loose is an antonym of the word taut. The word taut means the same as tense. Hence, the word loose in this context means not tense or not taut. A loose texture is one which is full of openings, holes or gaps.

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