looseness

Meaning

noun

1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
2. freedom from restraint
   “the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made”
3. a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
   “misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression”
4. the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
5. movement or space for movement
   “there was too much play in the steering wheel”
6. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

Synonyms for looseness

• diarrhea
• diarrhoea
• looseness of the bowels
• play
• profligacy
• dissipation
• dissolution
• licentiousness

Antonyms of looseness

• fixedness
• tightness