looser
More slack now
Looser is the comparative form of loose—less tight, less secure, less strict.
A knot becomes looser when it starts to slip.
Rules grow looser when enforcement relaxes.
The regulations are looser than they used to be.
Often confused with loser (one who loses), which is spelled with one o.
Absence of tautness
- baggyLoose and drooping
- roomyHaving generous interior space
- oversizedExceeding typical dimensions
- flowingMoving continuously onward
draped · billowy · unfitted · sagging · hanging · spacious · generous · comfortable
Insufficiently firm or rigorous
- negligentFailing in due care
- carelessInattentive, prone to mistakes
- slackAbsence of tautness
- permissiveTolerant, lacking strictness
lenient · undisciplined · unregulated · hands-off · laissez-faire · indulgent · easygoing · tolerant
Able to bend freely
lenient · permissive · generous · open · imprecise · approximate · informal · unrigorous
Sexually undiscriminating
- libertineOne lacking moral restraint
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- wantonDeliberately cruel without reason
- immoralContrary to ethical principles
licentious · debauched · unchaste · easy · fast · wild · uninhibited · permissive
Losing footing unintentionally
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- relaxingBecoming less tense
- releasingAllowing to escape
- slackeningReduction in tightness
easing · letting go · unfastening · unclenching · unbinding · untightening · detaching · unclasping
slack
Absence of tautness
flowing · draped · billowy · unfitted · sagging · hanging · spacious · generous · comfortable · stretchy
lax
Insufficiently firm or rigorous
permissive · lenient · undisciplined · unregulated · hands-off · laissez-faire · indulgent · easygoing · tolerant · relaxed
flexible
Able to bend freely
relaxed · lenient · permissive · generous · open · imprecise · approximate · informal · unrigorous · expansive
promiscuous
Sexually undiscriminating
- libertineOne lacking moral restraint
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- wantonDeliberately cruel without reason
immoral · licentious · debauched · unchaste · easy · fast · wild · uninhibited · permissive · freewheeling
slipping
Losing footing unintentionally
slackening · easing · letting go · unfastening · unclenching · unbinding · untightening · detaching · unclasping
tighter
More firmly secured
- loose endsUnresolved matters needing attention
- loosen upBecome less tense
- loose changeMiscellaneous small currency
- let looseRemove restraints from
- cut looseRelease from restraint
- break looseSuddenly become free
loose, loosen, loosening, loosely, looses, unloose, loosed, loosest, unloosen