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- [foo t-loos]
- /ˈfʊtˌlus/
- /ˈfʊt.luːs/
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- [foo t-loos]
- /ˈfʊtˌlus/
Definitions of footloose word
- adjective footloose free to go or travel about; not confined by responsibilities. 1
- noun footloose Able to travel freely and do as one pleases due to a lack of responsibilities or commitments. 1
- adjective footloose If you describe someone as footloose, you mean that they have no responsibilities or commitments, and are therefore free to do what they want and go where they want. 0
- adjective footloose free to go or do as one wishes 0
- adjective footloose eager to travel; restless 0
- adjective footloose free to go wherever one likes or to do as one likes 0
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Origin of footloose
First appearance:
before 1690 One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1690-1700; foot + loose
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Footloose
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
footloose popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
footloose usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for footloose
adj footloose
- easygoing — going easily, as a horse.
- free and easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- unattached — not attached.
- uncommitted — not committed, especially not pledged or bound to a specific cause, candidate, or course of action: uncommitted delegates; uncommitted reserves.
adjective footloose
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- unrestricted — confined; limited.
- single — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- unmarried — united in wedlock; wedded: married couples.
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See also
Matching words
- Words starting with f
- Words starting with fo
- Words starting with foo
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- Words starting with footlo
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