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tight

/t/aI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. closely constrained or constricted or constricting

    adj.all

    Examples
    Tight skirts.
    He hated tight starched collars.
    Fingers closed in a tight fist.
    A tight feeling in his chest.
    Antonyms loose

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. of such close construction as to be impermeable

    adj.all

    Examples
    A tight roof.
    Warm in our tight little house.
    Antonyms leaky

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, <i>tight</i> cloth; a <i>tight</i> knot.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adverb

  1. firmly or closely

    adv.all

    Examples
    Held tight.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. in an attentive manner

    adv.all

    Synonyms close closely

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. pulled or drawn tight

    adj.all

    Examples
    A tight drumhead.
    A tight rope.
    Synonyms taut

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration

    adj.all

    Examples
    In tight formation.
    A tight blockade.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. pressed tightly together

    adj.all

    Synonyms compressed

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

    adj.all

    Synonyms mean mingy miserly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow

    adj.all

    Examples
    Tight money.
    A tight market.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. of textiles

    adj.all

    Examples
    Smooth percale with a very tight weave.
    Synonyms close

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid

    adj.all

    Examples
    The bolts are tight.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

    adj.all

    Examples
    A tight game.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. very drunk

    adj.all

    Synonyms besotted blind drunk blotto cockeyed crocked fuddled loaded pie-eyed pissed pixilated plastered slopped sloshed smashed soaked soused sozzled squiff

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

    adj.all

    Examples
    A good man to have on your side in a tight situation.
    Synonyms nasty

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

    adj.all

    Examples
    Tight security.
    Synonyms rigorous stringent

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  12. packed closely together

    adj.all

    Examples
    They stood in a tight little group.
    Hair in tight curls.
    The pub was packed tight.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To tighten.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

tigerfootedtigerinetigerishtigerstigersfoottightight endtight fittingtight moneytight-fittingtight-knittight-laced

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