Synonyms for looseness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Licentiousness
2. Laxity
Other
play, incoherence, diarrhea US CA, diarrhoea UK
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does.
- n. 2
A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
Forms
- Plural
- loosenesses → licentiousnesses, dissolutions, profligacies, dissipations…
Example sentences
- dissolution Tom and Mary announced the dissolution of their marriage.
- profligacy These clubs have never been known for profligacy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| looseness | falling | |
| dissolution | steady | |
| dissipation | steady | |
| profligacy | rising | |
| licentiousness | steady | |
| laxity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- play1
- 6 letters
- laxity3
- 7 letters
- laxness
- 8 letters
- diarrhea4
- 9 letters
- diarrhoea4, slackness2
- 10 letters
- relaxation4, profligacy4
- 11 letters
- dissolution4, dissipation4, incoherence4
- 14 letters
- licentiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (laxity3 = 3 syllables).