ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Footloose

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Footloose is an adjective meaning Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.

Meaning

Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.

More Meanings

  1. (nautical) Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.

Example Sentences

He was footloose in his youth.
[…] They are footloose but also desperate, squeezed by rising inequality and a frayed safety net.
Because we often imagine that immigrants are constantly on the move, footloose, able to change course at any moment.

Synonyms for footloose

Depending on context, synonyms include free.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include free, unencumbered, flyaway, freewheeling, free-wheeling, free-range.

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