1. looseness - noun
· frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Synonym(s): diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness_of_the_bowels
Hypernym(s): symptom
2. looseness - noun
· freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"
Hypernym(s): unrestraint
3. looseness - noun
· a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"
Hypernym(s): inaccuracy
4. looseness - noun
· the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
Hypernym(s): movability, movableness
Antonym(s): fixedness
5. looseness - noun
· movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"
Synonym(s): play
Hypernym(s): movability, movableness
Antonym(s): tightness
6. looseness - noun
· dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Synonym(s): profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness
Hypernym(s): intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
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