looseness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Types & categories
- symptom hypernym
- the shits hyponym
- Montezuma's revenge hyponym
Parts & wholes
- dysentery part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
freedom from restraint
the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made
Types & categories
- unrestraint hypernym
Related & opposite
- idle derivation
Sense 3 noun
a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression
Types & categories
- inaccuracy hypernym
Related & opposite
- liberal derivation
Sense 4 noun
the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
Types & categories
- movability hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
movement or space for movement
there was too much play in the steering wheel
Types & categories
- movability hypernym
- wiggliness hyponym
- slackness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Types & categories
- intemperateness hypernym
Related & opposite
- dissipate derivation
- wanton derivation
- licentious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | diarrheal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lax |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dysentery |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | the shits |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Montezuma's revenge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | idle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | unrestraint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inaccuracy |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | fixity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unaffixed |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | loose |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | loose |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | movability |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | tautness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | play |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slack |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movability |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wiggliness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | slackness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanton |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | licentious |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | intemperateness |