/ Thesaurus / L Synonyms of looseness Find synonyms for: Noun1. diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness, symptomusage: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor2. looseness, unrestraintusage: freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"3. looseness, inaccuracyusage: a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"4. looseness, movability, movablenessusage: the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints5. looseness, play, movability, movablenessusage: movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"6. profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgenceusage: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasureWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: lyceum Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language