English to English

noun (n)

• a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  stringency
  

  source: wordnet30
• a tight feeling in some part of the body(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  She felt an alarming tightness in her chest.
  

  Synonym:
  constriction
  

  source: wordnet30
• the spatial property of being crowded together(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  compactness, concentration, denseness, density
  Antonym:
  dispersion, distribution
  

  source: wordnet30
• extreme stinginess(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness
  

  source: wordnet30
• lack of movement or room for movement(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  tautness
  Antonym:
  looseness, play
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality or condition of being tight.(noun)

  source: webster1913