Definition of 'tight'
Adjective
- closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
Antonyms: loose - pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
Synonyms: taut - set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
- pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
Synonyms: compressed - (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
Synonyms: mean mingy miserly - affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
- of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
Antonyms: leaky - of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
Synonyms: close - securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
Synonyms: close - very drunk
Synonyms: besotted blind drunk blotto crocked cockeyed fuddled loaded pie-eyed pissed pixilated plastered potty slopped sloshed smashed soaked soused sozzled squiffy stiff tiddly tiddley tipsy wet - exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
Synonyms: nasty - demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
Synonyms: rigorous stringent - packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
Adverb
- firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"
Synonyms: fast - in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
Synonyms: close closely
