Dictionary entry details
• LOOSENESS (noun)
Meaning:
Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
diarrhea; diarrhoea; looseness; looseness of the bowels
Hypernyms ("looseness" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "looseness"):
the shits; the trots (obscene terms for diarrhea)
Montezuma's revenge (diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America)
Holonyms ("looseness" is a part of...):
dysentery (an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea)
Meaning:
Freedom from restraint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made
Hypernyms ("looseness" is a kind of...):
unrestraint (the quality of lacking restraint)
Meaning:
A lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression
Hypernyms ("looseness" is a kind of...):
inaccuracy (the quality of being inaccurate and having errors)
Meaning:
The quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("looseness" is a kind of...):
movability; movableness (the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged)
Antonym:
fixedness (the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment)
Meaning:
Movement or space for movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
looseness; play
Context example:
there was too much play in the steering wheel
Hypernyms ("looseness" is a kind of...):
movability; movableness (the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "looseness"):
wiggliness (a jerky back and forth kind of mobility)
slack; slackness (the condition of being loose (not taut))
Antonym:
tightness (lack of movement or room for movement)
Meaning:
Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
dissipation; licentiousness; profligacy; dissolution; looseness
Hypernyms ("looseness" is a kind of...):
intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)
