I. adjective
1.
Synonyms: fast 7, easy, light, loose, ||riggish, unchaste, whorish
Related Word: lax, slack, wayward
Idioms: of easy virtue, of loose morals
Contrasted words: austere, puritanical, restrained, self-restrained
Antonyms: chaste
2.
Synonyms: supererogatory , gratuitous, supererogant, supererogative, unasked, uncalled-for
Related Word: malevolent, malicious, spiteful; contrary, perverse, wayward
II. noun
a woman who engages in lewd unseemly conduct
giddy wantons flaunting themselves in bars
Synonyms: baggage, ||bim, ||bimbo, cyprian, hussy, jade, jezebel, ||pig, slattern, slut, strumpet, tramp, trollop, trull, wench; compare doxy , harlot 1, prostitute
Idioms: loose woman
III. verb
Synonyms: trifle 1, coquet, dally, flirt, fool, lead on, string along, toy