Main entry: release, liberate, loose, free, unloose, unloosen
Definition: grant freedom to; free from confinement
Main entry: loose, loosen, relax
Definition: become loose or looser or less tight
Usage: The noose loosened; the rope relaxed
Antonyms: stiffen
Definition: become stiff or stiffer
Main entry: loose, loosen
Definition: make loose or looser
Usage: loosen the tension on a rope
Antonyms: stiffen
Definition: make stiff or stiffer
Main entry: loose
Definition: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
Usage: loose gravel
Antonyms: compact
Definition: closely and firmly united or packed together
Definition: absence of light or illumination
Antonyms: dark
Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Antonyms: dark
Definition: (used of color) having a dark hue
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of comparatively great physical weight or density
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of great intensity or power or force
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Main entry: loose
Definition: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Usage: loose clothing; the large shoes were very loose
Antonyms: tight
Definition: closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Main entry: loose, unaffixed
Definition: not affixed
Usage: the stamp came loose
Antonyms: affixed
Definition: firmly attached
Main entry: lax, loose
Definition: emptying easily or excessively
Usage: loose bowels
Antonyms: irregular
Definition: contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
Antonyms: irregular
Definition: (of solids) not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement
Antonyms: irregular
Definition: (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces
Antonyms: constipated
Definition: have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels
Main entry: escaped, loose, at large, on the loose
Definition: having escaped, especially from confinement
Usage: a convict still at large; searching for two escaped prisoners; dogs loose on the streets; criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
Antonyms: jam, close up, block, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Definition: block passage through
Definition: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Antonyms: bound
Definition: held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: hampered and not free; not able to act at will
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: held in servitude
Main entry: easy, promiscuous, light, loose, wanton, sluttish
Definition: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Usage: her easy virtue; he was told to avoid loose (or light) women; wanton behavior
Antonyms: chaste
Definition: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
Main entry: loose
Definition: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
Usage: a loose ball
Antonyms: controlled
Definition: restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
Main entry: slack, loose
Definition: not tense or taut
Usage: the old man's skin hung loose and grey; slack and wrinkled skin; slack sails; a slack rope
Antonyms: tense
Definition: taut or rigid; stretched tight
Antonyms: tense
Definition: pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
Main entry: liberal, loose, free
Definition: not literal
Usage: a loose interpretation of what she had been told; a free translation of the poem
Antonyms: exact
Definition: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
Main entry: loose, informal
Definition: not officially recognized or controlled
Usage: an informal agreement; a loose organization of the local farmers
Antonyms: official
Definition: having official authority or sanction
Main entry: loose
Definition: not carefully arranged in a package
Usage: a box of loose nails
Antonyms: packaged
Definition: enclosed in a package or protective covering
Main entry: open, loose
Definition: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
Usage: an open texture; a loose weave
Antonyms: fine
Definition: of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
Main entry: loose, idle
Definition: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Usage: idle talk; a loose tongue
Antonyms: responsible
Definition: worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable