Character
Character noun - A written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader.
Loose cannon and character are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Loose cannon" instead a noun "Character".
Loose cannon
Loose cannon noun - A person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous.
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Synonyms for Loose cannon
Character and loose cannon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Character" instead a noun phrase "Loose cannon".
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Related pairs
- person and character
- person and loose cannon
- soul and character
- soul and loose cannon
- individual and character
- individual and loose cannon
- mortal and character
- mortal and loose cannon
- case and character
- case and loose cannon
- original and character
- original and loose cannon
- nut and character
- nut and loose cannon
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- Every character underwent a deconstruction of their earlier, comedic roles: Buffy, having been yanked back from a blissful afterlife, became a borderline-suicidal, hedonistic loose cannon.
- Mel Gibson's character Riggs in Lethal Weapon, where his partner Murtaugh complains that the loose cannon Riggs has been assigned to him.
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There's also an incest plot involving the loose cannon main character and his Soapbox Sadie cousin, in case the book might have seemed too juvenile for its audience.
Source: Useful Notes / The Vietnam War
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Loose cannon and Character. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/loose_cannon
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