Synonyms for Tightness

Synonyms for "tightness" (136 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (40)

foreigner gluiness glutinosity gumminess hair hairbreadth hairsbreadth hardfistedness hoarding illiberality incapaciousness incommodiousness infrequency insularity insulation isolationjim crowknow-nothingism limitation meagerness

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miserlinessnarrow gaugenarrowness nearness niggardliness obstinacyout groupout-group outcast outsider parochialism paucitypenny pinchingpenny-pinching

Noun(6 words)

meanness minginess niggardliness niggardness parsimoniousness parsimony

Related words (68)

persistence persistencypersona non grataquarantinerace hatredracial segregationrarity renitence renitency restrictedness restriction retention rigidity rigidness rigor scantiness scarcity scrimpiness seclusion segregation

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separation shortage skimpiness slenderness smallness snobbishness snugness sparseness sparsity starchinessstick-to-itivenessstickiness stiffness stinginess straitness stranger strictness stringency stubbornness tackiness tautness tenaciousness tenacity tenseness tension tensity thinnesstight purse stringstight squeezetightfistedness toughness ungenerosity viscidity viscosity xenophobia

Noun(13 words)

rope tautnessrope tensionssnugness squeezing strain stressstring tensionstringency tautness tension tensioning tightfistednesswire tension

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More general

12 entries

condition deficiencyemotional statefeeling immovability immovableness lack spacingspatial arrangementstate stinginess want

More specific

4 entries

belt tightnesslid tightnessmuscle tensionnervous tension

Collocations

6 entries

air tightnessbelt tightnessmuscle tightnesstight fittight griptight schedule

Inflections

1 entries

tightnesses

Derivations

5 entries

tight tighten tightened tightening tightly

Antonyms

1 entries

looseness

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I felt an uncomfortable tightness in my chest.

Source: tatoeba (686955)

She was about thirty years old, and had a sufficiently plump and cheerful face, though it was twisted up into an odd expression of tightness that made it comical.

Source: tatoeba (4048150)

COPD is a group of diseases, including emphysema, that is characterized by coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness.

Source: tatoeba (11192117)

I have a tightness in my chest.

Source: tatoeba (11810525)

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Tightness