Tight

/taɪt/

Synonyms for "tight" (472 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (95)

Adjective(14 words)

stringent taut besottedblind drunkblotto clenched closeclose fittingcockeyedcompact prosecompressedconcise writingconstrictive crocked

Adjective(7 words)

narrow awesome close close-fitting compact cool crowded

abbreviated abridged afflicted airtightall atauntoanal angustifoliate angustirostrate angustisellate angustiseptal aphoristic aposiopestic arduous ataunt austere autocratic avaricious ballproof bent binding

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Verb(1 words)

balled

Adverb(3 words)

barely adequate marginclose closely

Noun(4 words)

cinching clenchingclose relationshipcramping

Strong matches (141)

cut dampproof dangerous dear dense densely difficult dinky distressing disturbing dockeddragged outdrawndrawn outdrunk drunken dustproof dusttight economical elevated

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elliptic elliptical elongated epigrammatic exacting exiguous expensive extended fast fastened fire-resisting fireproof firm firmly fixed fixedly flameproof foolproof fried fuddled gasproof gastight glued gnomic grasping greedyhalf-seas overhard and fasthardfisted harsh hazardous hermetichermetically sealedhighhigh strungholeproof illiberal illuminated impenetrable impermeable imperviousimpervious toincapacious incommodious inebriated inflexible infrequent inseparably intoxicated isthmian isthmic jammed joined laconic leakproof lengthened lightproof lighttight limited litlit uploaded lubricated lushy meager mean mingy miserly muddled muzzy narrownarrow gaugenear neat niggard niggardly noiseproof oiled oilproof oiltight orderly organized parsimoniouspenny pinchingpenny-pinching penurious perilous petty pickled piddlingpie eyedpie-eyed

Adjective(11 words)

dense dexterous drunk excellent fab fast firm frugal meticulous orderly parsimonious

Adverb(1 words)

fast

Adjective(14 words)

firm firmly fuddledgerman restriktionhawkish hurrieditalian tensioneloadedlow porosity solidmean mingy miserly nasty overstrung

Noun(2 words)

hairsbreadth millisecond

Verb(1 words)

knotted

Related words (236)

Adjective(28 words)

pie-eyed pissed pixilated plastered pokier poky preciserestrictive tonerigid rigorous secure securely slopped sloshed smashed snugger soaked soused sozzled squiffy

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stiff strictstrong connectionstrong governmental oversighttauterthin margintighter wet

Verb(7 words)

pinched pressured squeezed squished strung tensed tensioned

pinchfisted pinching pissed pissy-eyed pithy plastered pointed pokerlike polluted poor potted precarious problematic prolongated prolonged proofproof againstprotracted pruned pulled

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punctureproof punishing raddled rainproof raintight ramrodlike rare renitent reserved resistant restricted restrictive rigid rigorous risky rodlike rough rustproof save-all scant scanty scarce scattered scrimping scrimpy sealed secure secured securelyseldom met withseldom seenselfish sententious sequent sequential serial set severe shatterproof shellacked shellproof shipshape shortshort and sweetshortenedshut fastskimping skimpy skintight skunk-drunk sleek slender slick slim small smart smashed smokeproof smoketight snug soaked solid solidly soundproof soused sparing sparse spartan spotty sprinkled sprucespun outsquiffy starched starchy staunch steadfast steadfastly stern stewed sticky stiffstiff as buckramstingy stinko stormproof stormtight straggling strained strait stretchedstretched outstrict stringentstrung outstuck succinct summary swacked synopsized taciturn tanked taped taut tenacious tense terse thick thin ticklish tiddly tidy tight-fisted tightened tightfisted tightly tipsyto the pointtouch-and-gotouchy tough tricksy tricky trig trim truncated trying uncompromising unconquerableunder the influenceungenerous ungiving uninterrupted unrelaxed unyielding upsetting virgate water-repellant waterproof watertight weatherproof wedgedwell-cared-forwell-groomed well-kept windproof windtight woozy zonked

Adjective(18 words)

plastered polished precise rad secure serried shipshape skilful skilled slick snug stingy taut tense tight-fitting trig trimunder tension

Noun(14 words)

pokeyromanian compactsecure a contractsharp turnshoestring squeezing stenotustauten linetauten wiretensing tighteningtightening bolttrim appearanceunlax

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

adverb of mannercontrol policy property quality regulation state

More specific

11 entries

firmlyrigid regulationsecurely snuglystrict policystrict standardtaut ropetight controltight fittight lidtight seal

Collocations

7 entries

tight clothestight deadlinetight fittight griptight knottight lidtight schedule

Inflections

2 entries

tighter tightest

Derivations

5 entries

tighten tighter tightest tightly tightness

Antonyms

2 entries

leaky loose

similar

45 entries

air-tight airtight choky clenched clinched close close-fitting closed compact demanding difficult dripless drunk equal fine gas-tight

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Translations

103 translations across 59 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

cekët adj (slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted)
ngjitur adj (firmly held together)
ngushtë adj (slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted)
njesh (gheh) adj (firmly held together)

Arabic

3 entries

ضَيِّق adj (pushed/pulled together)
ضَيِّق adj (pushed/pulled together)
محزق adj (pushed/pulled together)

Armenian

4 entries

կիպ adj (firmly held together)
կիպ adj (pushed/pulled together)
ձիգ adj (pushed/pulled together)
նեղ adj (pushed/pulled together)

Bashkir

1 entries

тығыҙ adj (pushed/pulled together)

Belarusian

1 entries

це́сны adj (pushed/pulled together)

Bikol Central

1 entries

piot adj (firmly held together)

Bulgarian

2 entries

стегнат adj (firmly held together)
те́сен adj (pushed/pulled together)

Burmese

1 entries

ကျပ် adj (pushed/pulled together)

Cebuano

1 entries

hugot adj (pushed/pulled together)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

تەنگ adj (pushed/pulled together)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

緊 /紧 adj (pushed/pulled together)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

緊 /紧 adj (firmly held together)
緊 /紧 adj (pushed/pulled together)

Czech

1 entries

těsný adj (pushed/pulled together)

Danish

1 entries

snæver adj (firmly held together)

Dutch

2 entries

dicht adj (pushed/pulled together)
strak adj (firmly held together)

Esperanto

1 entries

strikta adj (pushed/pulled together)

Finnish

3 entries

kireä adj (pushed/pulled together)
timmi adj (pushed/pulled together)
tiukka adj (pushed/pulled together)

French

2 entries

serré adj (pushed/pulled together)
tendu adj (pushed/pulled together)

German

4 entries

dicht adj (pushed/pulled together)
eng adj (firmly held together)
eng adj (pushed/pulled together)
knapp adj (firmly held together)

Greek

2 entries

σφιχτός adj (firmly held together)
σφιχτός adj (pushed/pulled together)

Higaonon

1 entries

hugut adj (pushed/pulled together)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

hugut adj (pushed/pulled together)

Hungarian

2 entries

szoros adj (firmly held together)
szoros adj (pushed/pulled together)

Icelandic

1 entries

þrengdur adj (pushed/pulled together)

Indonesian

1 entries

ketat adj (firmly held together)

Ingrian

2 entries

kiintiä adj (firmly held together)
kiintiä adj (pushed/pulled together)

Italian

4 entries

aderente adj (pushed/pulled together)
nitido adj (well-rehearsed and accurate)
stretto adj (pushed/pulled together)
teso adj (pushed/pulled together)

Japanese

1 entries

きつい adj (pushed/pulled together)

Khmer

1 entries

តឹង adj (pushed/pulled together)

Latgalian

2 entries

stiprys adj (pushed/pulled together)
styngrys adj (pushed/pulled together)

Latin

1 entries

strictus adj (pushed/pulled together)

Latvian

1 entries

ciešs adj (pushed/pulled together)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ankštas adj (pushed/pulled together)

Macedonian

1 entries

тесен adj (pushed/pulled together)

Marathi

1 entries

घट्ट adj (firmly held together)

Mizo

1 entries

tâwt adj (pushed/pulled together)

Māori

4 entries

hākere adj (slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted)
ita adj (firmly held together)
kaihākere adj (slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted)
kita adj (firmly held together)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

teng adj (pushed/pulled together)

Norwegian

1 entries

snever adj (firmly held together)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

тѣснъ adj (pushed/pulled together)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

тѣснъ adj (pushed/pulled together)

Persian

1 entries

تنگ adj (pushed/pulled together)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

faust adj (firmly held together)

Polish

2 entries

ciasny adj (firmly held together)
ciasny adj (pushed/pulled together)

Portuguese

2 entries

apertado adj (pushed/pulled together)
justo adj (pushed/pulled together)

Punjabi

1 entries

چَوَل adj (slang: mean, miserly — see also tight-fisted)

Russian

2 entries

те́сный adj (firmly held together)
те́сный adj (pushed/pulled together)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

tijésan adj (pushed/pulled together)
tésan adj (pushed/pulled together)
те́сан adj (pushed/pulled together)
тије́сан adj (pushed/pulled together)

Slovak

1 entries

tesný adj (pushed/pulled together)

Slovene

1 entries

tesen adj (pushed/pulled together)

Spanish

2 entries

ajustado adj (pushed/pulled together)
apretado adj (pushed/pulled together)

Swedish

1 entries

snäv adj (firmly held together)

Thai

3 entries

คับ adj (pushed/pulled together)
แน่น adj (firmly held together)
แน่น adj (pushed/pulled together)

Turkish

1 entries

bitişik adj (firmly held together)

Tày

1 entries

cặp adj (pushed/pulled together)

Ukrainian

1 entries

тісни́й adj (pushed/pulled together)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chật adj (pushed/pulled together)

Yiddish

1 entries

ענג adj (pushed/pulled together)

Zazaki

2 entries

pêpêya adj (firmly held together)
tenge (diq) adj (pushed/pulled together)

Sample sentences

63 total sentences available.

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Being a teacher, you must learn to keep a tight rein on your emotions.

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These shoes are too tight. They hurt.

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Check all the loose knots and fasten them tight.

Source: tatoeba (20951)

If we hang tight, I'm sure we can make it through these bad times.

Source: tatoeba (23510)

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